STEDT
STEDT #6629

*s-ra

TEN, TEEN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialrrhymea

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hraa ‘TEN’PKC #1100
Central Naga (Ao Group)*th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PCN #033
Tangkhulic*ra ‘TEN’DRM#339

Notes

This etymon seems to be confined to the Northeast Indian areal group. It is not properly reconstructed in Matisoff 1995:§3.233, where it is surmised as reflecting one of two other etyma with initial *r-.

Reflexes & cognates123 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10

Cho (Mindat)amorpheme-gha ‘ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1100
Matupḁmorphemexa ‘ten’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 218
Mkaangpḁmorphemeša ‘ten’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 218

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)pamorpheme-hrâa ‘number ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1100
Lai (Falam)pamorpheme-hrǎa ‘ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1100

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pāmorpheme-hràw ‘number ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1100

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)67

*Central Nagathprefix-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.033
*Aothprefix-ɹa ‘(TIMES) TEN’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.307
Ao (Chungli)teprefixrikamorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)timorphemer ‘eighty’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tprefixəɹ¹ num.‘ten’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.307
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thimorphemeɹ ‘EIGHTY’Coupe 07 Ao: 113
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thəprefixɹa-ɹa-ɹa ‘ten each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276
Lotha Nagata¹morpheme-ro¹ num.‘ten’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.033
Lotha Nagataprefixrosimorpheme-ekhamorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamthüprefixre ‘ten’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtamthüprefixrekemorpheme ‘eighteen’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamthüprefixrekhemorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüthüprefix ‘ten’Kumar 73 Yim: 99
Yimchungrüthüprefixkheakmorpheme-khülangmorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüthüprefixkheakmorphemetizhamorpheme ‘eighteen’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüzhamorpheme ‘eighty’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group14

Melurimorphemera ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Meluriteprefixrakemorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Melurizemorphemera ‘eighty’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyimorphemegha ‘forty’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsamorphemepfümorphemechümorpheme ‘fifteen’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]lhothachemorpheme ‘eighty’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic13

Huishumorpheme-re ‘ten’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.010
Kachaiʃəmorpheme-ru ‘ten’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.010
Tangkhulthaprefixradamorpheme-akhamorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Tusomtmorpheme-ri-hemorpheme ‘ten’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.010
Ukhrultʰəmorpheme-ra ‘ten’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrultʰəprefix-ra morpheme amorpheme-kʰɐmorpheme ‘eleven’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrultʰəprefix-ra morpheme kʰəmorpheme-nimorpheme ‘twelve’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei13

Meitheiməripʰumorphemeprefixra ‘ninety’Abbi 85
Meitheiməripʰumorphemeprefixrahumdoymorpheme ‘ninety three’Abbi 85
Meitheiməripʰumorphemeprefixranipanmorpheme ‘ninety eight’Abbi 85
Meitheitaprefixramathoimorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheitaprefixranipanmorpheme ‘eighteen’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheiprefixra ‘ten’Abbi 85
Meitheiprefixrahumdoymorpheme ‘thirteen’Abbi 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6629, *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6629
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("NAG") tentative transcription
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6629,
  title  = {{*s-ra 'TEN, TEEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6629},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6629}
}