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STEDT #7409

*braᴮ

OLD (of humans)
Proto-Karenic

Chinese comparandum

伯 OC *pɑ̆k, GSR #782i ‘father’s elder brother’; Schuessler 2007:169－70 *prâk; B & S 2011: *pˁrak; Mand. bó.
霸 OC *pɑ̆g, GSR #772b ‘have hegemony over’; Schuessler 2007:169－70 *prâkh; B & S 2011: *pˁrak-s; Mand. bó.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 1 subgroup

7Karenic27

*Karenbraᴮ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
*Karen (TP)phrá' ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
*Karenphrwá' ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
*Karen [Burling]phɣa¹ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)prwà ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
*Karen (Sgaw)pɣà ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
Bweθa³³morpheme bwɛ³³ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Karenbua³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.50
Kayahphre¹¹ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Kayan (Pekon)mə̄morpheme◦prā ADJ‘old woman [lit. mother-old]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)mə̄morpheme◦prā◦tʰâumorpheme N‘very old woman [lit. mother-old-?]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)prā ADJ‘old aged (for plants, people & animals) / ripe’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayanpra¹¹ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Kayan (Pekon)prà̤morpheme◦sàumorpheme◦prā N‘old people, old person [lit. person-who-old]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)pʰámorpheme◦prā ADJ‘old man [lit. father-old]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)pʰámorpheme◦prā◦tʰâumorpheme N‘very old man’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)simorpheme◦prā N‘old man’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayawpra¹¹ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Pa-Ophrâ ‘old (humans)’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Ophrâ ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
Pa-O (Northern)phra⁵³ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Pa-O (Southern)pra⁵⁵ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Palaychipwà ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
Sgaw (Southern)pɣa³¹ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Sgaw (Northern)saɁ⁴⁵morpheme◦pɣa¹¹¨ ‘old (of humans)’Luangthongkum 13: 205
Sgaw (Bassein)pɣà ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3
Sgaw (Moulmein)pɣà ‘old (humans)’Jones 61: 3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7409, *braᴮ ‘OLD (of humans)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7409
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: TL#205
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-7409,
  title  = {{*braᴮ 'OLD (of humans)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7409},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7409}
}