*s-raːp

GRAZE / ALMOST HIT / PASSING GLOSE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymology is due to Kenneth VanBik.

Chinese comparandum

摋 OC *sɑ̂t, GSR #319g ‘slap from the side’; B & S 2011: *sˁat; Mand. sà.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-raːp ‘graze / almost hit / passing close’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 609

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)hraap ‘be abrasive’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 340

Lai (Hakha)hrap-pu-tuik ‘apply heat by rubbing palms together’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 340

Lai (Hakha)hrap-tuik ‘walk with a shuffle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 340

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesesap ‘rub / stroke’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 116

*Lolo-Burmesesapᴴ ‘rub / stroke’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 612

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)hrap v.‘graze, pass over slightly touching; cursory, slight’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)sap ‘stroke with the hand; smooth down, whittle bamboo’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish1

PNLsapᴴ ‘rub’Chen 86 CS: 92.

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #669, *s-raːp ‘GRAZE / ALMOST HIT / PASSING GLOSE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/669

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

References: cf. HPTB p.340

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-669,
  title  = {{*s-raːp 'GRAZE / ALMOST HIT / PASSING GLOSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #669},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/669}
}