*s-lyaːw

LICK / TONGUE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlelyaːwprefixsinitiallyrhymeaːwcoverL · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Chin*hliaw ‘LICK (flame) / ENVELOP ( flame)’PKC #1113 ("PCC")

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2.2Central Chin5

*Central Chinhliaw ‘LICK (flame) / ENVELOP ( flame)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1113

Lai (Hakha)hlìaw-I, hlǐaw-II ‘lick (used for fire or flame only)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1113

Lushai [Mizo]hliao v‘lick (as flames do a pot)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2387

Lushai [Mizo]hlíau v‘lick (as flames do a pot), to envelop (as flames)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1113

Lushai [Mizo]hliau ‘lick (as flames)’Benedict 72 STC: 211

1.6Mru1

Mruʃo² ‘tongue’Luce 85: S.6

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoshingprefix◦lau ‘tongue (poet.)’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphośiŋprefix◦li#621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’MesorootsPKC *lay ‘TONGUE’PCN *m-lej(ʔ) ‘TONGUE’PTk *lej ‘TONGUE’PKar *bleᴬ ‘TONGUE’PKar *hlajᴮ ‘LICK (v.)’Allofams1a #621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’1b #623 PTB *s/m-l(y)a-t ‘TONGUE’1c #625 PTB *s-lyam ‘TONGUE / LICK / FLAME’1d #628 PTB *s-lyaːw ‘LICK / TONGUE’1e #629 PTB *m/s/g-lyak ‘LICK / TONGUE’/śiŋprefix◦lau ‘tongue’Benedict 72 STC: 64n202

3.2Qiangic2

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ɬo⁵³ ‘tongue’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 3.8

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ɬo⁵³ ‘tongue’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 245.16

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Dafang)ɬo³³ ‘tongue’Chen 85 YiJZ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #628, *s-lyaːw ‘LICK / TONGUE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/628

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

References: STC p.48

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-628,
  title  = {{*s-lyaːw 'LICK / TONGUE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #628},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/628}
}