*plaᴬ/ᴮ

BAT

Notes

This Karenic root bears a strong resemblance to the Kuki-Chin binome #4122 PKC *paa-laak BAT.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 1 subgroup

7Karenic11

*Karenplaᴬ/ᴮ ‘bat’[Source note] Pa-O and Sgaw have tone A while C.Karen (CK) languages and Pwo have tone B. *pl- has become bl- in Sgaw.Luangthongkum 13: 13

Bweplɛ¹¹ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Kayahple¹¹ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Kayanbla¹¹ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Kayawpla¹¹ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Pa-O (Northern)pla³¹¨ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Pa-O (Southern)pla³¹¨ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Pwo (Northern)phla³³ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Pwo (Southern)phla⁵⁵ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Sgaw (Northern)bla³³ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Sgaw (Southern)bla⁵⁵ ‘bat’Luangthongkum 13: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7218, *plaᴬ/ᴮ ‘BAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7218

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

References: TL#13

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-7218,
  title  = {{*plaᴬ/ᴮ 'BAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7218},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7218}
}