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STEDT #6231

*s/k-laːy

LATE / SLOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*klaay ‘LATE / SLOW’PKC #1264
Lolo-Burmese*ʔlay¹ ‘LATE / SLOW’JAM-GSTC: 157

Chinese comparandum

豫 OC *di̯o, GSR #83e ‘slow, deliberate’; Schuessler 2007:592 *lah; B & S 2011: *laʔ-s ; Mand. yù.
紓 OC *śi̯o, GSR #83j ‘remiss; relax, alleviate, delay’; Schuessler 2007:592 *lha~*mla; B & S 2011: *l̥a; Mand. shū.
舒 OC *śi̯o, GSR #83k ‘relax; ; leisurely; easy; slowly ‘; Schuessler 2007:592 *lha; B & S 2011: *l̥a ; Mand. shū.
徐 OC *dzi̯o, GSR #82p ‘walk slowly; slowly, by and by’; Schuessler 2007:592 *s-la; B & S 2011: *sə.la; Mand. xú.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-laːy ‘late / slow’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Falam)thláay-INV be v.‘late, slow’VanBik 09 PKC: 1264
Lai (Hakha)tlàay-I, tlǎay-II be v.‘late, slow’VanBik 09 PKC: 1264
Lushai [Mizo]tlǎi be v.‘late; slow (as a clock)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157
Lushai [Mizo]tlǎi be v.‘late, to be slow (as clock)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1264

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]tlía be v.‘late, behind hand’VanBik 09 PKC: 1264

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokboroklɛ be v.‘late’Tripuri 88

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)le-lomorpheme(-nyidmorpheme) ‘indolence, laziness, tardiness’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157
Tibetan (Written)le.lomorpheme ‘laziness’Sun J 85 TbGl: 387

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔlay¹ ‘late / slow’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloish(k)-l(y)ay³ ‘late’Bradley 79 PLo: 565

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Jinuoa³³prefixlɐ⁴² ‘late’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 873.34
Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixla⁴² ‘late’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1019.44
Jinuo (Youle)lɑ⁴² ‘late’Gai 86
Lahu (Black)lɛ be v.‘late; be the last one’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157
Lahu (Yellow)lɛ¹ ‘late’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)lɤ⁴⁴je³³ V‘late (towards nightfall); late (delayed)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisulɯ³³ʒe³³ ‘late’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 873.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Mpilɤ⁵ ‘late’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 157
Mpilɤ⁵ ‘late at night’Srinuan 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6231, *s/k-laːy ‘LATE / SLOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6231
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-GSTC: 157
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6231,
  title  = {{*s/k-laːy 'LATE / SLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6231},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6231}
}