*ray

RAINBOW

Notes

This root appears in several Tani languages and is perhaps related to a group of Naga forms with the m- prefix.¹ Several languages show semantic associations between RAINBOW and BOW (for arrows), as well as with SNAKE. The Naga forms just mentioned resemble many reflexes of #2623 PTB *s-b/m-ruːl SNAKE.

1 Chokri merü zho, Mao mare, Chang mili shen, perhaps also Meluri a re pi.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 1 subgroup

1.1.1.1Western Tani7

Apataniñimorpheme-mémorpheme ja#6000 PTB *m-dzya ‘RAINBOW’-ri ‘rainbow’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniñimorpheme-memorpheme ja#6000 PTB *m-dzya ‘RAINBOW’-ru ‘rainbow’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniukmorpheme-riː (goːmorpheme-goːmorpheme) ‘rainbow’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniukmorpheme-riː (tamorpheme-goːmorpheme) ‘rainbow’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarumorpheme reː n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.24

Bokarumorpheme-reː ‘rainbow’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobaumorpheme rɛː ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.51

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6010, *ray ‘RAINBOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6010

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6010,
  title  = {{*ray 'RAINBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6010},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6010}
}