*lekᴰ

HAWK / EAGLE

Notes

This Karenic etymon is probably to be identified with #2393 PTB *g-la(ŋ/k) FALCON, VULTURE, EAGLE, KITE, HAWK, BIRD OF PREY, which is of Mon-Khmer origin. See STC n. 225, p. 72. The final stop is paralleled in the Chinese comparandum mentioned in STC, loc. cit.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 1 subgroup

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*Karenlekᴰ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Bwele¹¹ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Karenle³³pha⁵⁵morphemedo̱³¹morpheme n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.50

Kayahla³³ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

KayanliɁ²¹ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Kayawle³³ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Pa-O (Southern)lek⁴⁵~lik⁴⁵ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Pa-O (Northern)leɁ⁴⁵ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Pa-Olèʔ ‘hawk, raptor’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-Olèʔ mɔ̀tmorpheme ‘hawk’Solnit 89 PaO

Pwo (Northern)laiɁ²¹ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Pwo (Southern)laiɁ⁴⁵ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Sgaw (Southern)lai¹¹¨ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Sgaw (Northern)liɁ²¹ ‘hawk, eagle’Luangthongkum 13: 139

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7343, *lekᴰ ‘HAWK / EAGLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7343

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

References: TL#139

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-7343,
  title  = {{*lekᴰ 'HAWK / EAGLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7343},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7343}
}