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*dat

LIVE / ALIVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handledatinitialdrhymeatcoverT · T

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*datᴸ ‘alive’p. 330

Chinese comparandum

達 OC *d’ɑ̂t, GSR #271b ‘penetrate, reach, be prominent/manifest, be born’; Schuessler 2007:202 *dât; B & S 2011: *Cə.lˁat; Mand. dá. See also Coblin 1986:48.

Reflexes & cognates44 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetandat ‘break through (as growing grain); be born’Coblin 86: 48

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)bsdad ‘sit, stay, tarry (preterite or future)’Jäschke 1881: 296
Tibetan (Written)sdod-basuffix ‘sit, stay, tarry’Jäschke 1881: 296

6.1.1Burmish9

Achangtut⁵⁵ ‘alive’Matisoff PC
Achang (Longchuan)tut⁵⁵ v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.28
Bolaa³¹prefix tui⁵⁵ ‘alive’Dai 89 Bola: 1505
Bolatui⁵⁵ ‘alive’Dai 89 Bola: 1934
Bola (Luxi)tui⁵⁵ v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.32
Maru [Langsu]tɔi³¹ ‘alive / be living’Dai 89 Lang: 1.12
Atsi [Zaiwa]tui⁵¹ v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.30

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishdatᴸ ‘alive’Bradley 79 PLo: 553

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Xide)tɯ²¹ ‘alive’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix tœ⁵⁵ ‘alive’Dai 89 JinA: 1546
Jinuo (Baka)tø⁵⁵ ‘come alive (huoliao)’Dai 89 JinB: 2003
Jinuo (Baka)tø⁵⁵ to⁴⁴morpheme a³³morpheme ‘alive’Dai 89 JinB: 1546
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)tœ⁵⁵ ‘come alive (huoliao)’Dai 89 JinA: 2003
Jinuo (Buyuan)ɑ³³prefixte⁵⁵ v‘live’Gai 86
Lahu (Black)teʔ²¹ ‘live’Chang 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish18

Akhadeh LS ‘alive’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 1
Akhadehʔ³¹ ‘alive’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 024
Akhadɛ̀q ‘alive’Hansson 89 AHKP: 527
Akha (Yunnan)jɔprefix dɛ̀q ‘alive’Hansson 89 AHKP: 527
Bisuaŋprefix◦tɛ ‘live / be alive’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 32
Bisuʔaŋprefix◦tɛ̀ ‘alive’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Dazhai)de̱³¹ ‘live, alive’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Pijo)a tjɛ̀q ‘alive’Hansson 89 AHKP: 527
Haoniti³¹ ‘alive’Hansson 89 AHKP: 527
Hani (Shuikui)ti̱³¹ ‘live, alive’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Mpiʔɑ²prefix-teʔ¹ ‘alive’Hansson 89 AHKP: 527
Côông [Phunoi]ʔɑ̃⁵⁵prefix tɑt¹¹ ‘alive’Bradley xx Phu

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Pholau³³prefixtɛ³³ ‘live’Pelkey 11 Phula: 916

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #72, *dat ‘LIVE / ALIVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/72
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: TSR #1
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-72,
  title  = {{*dat 'LIVE / ALIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #72},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/72}
}