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STEDT #786

*s-la

LEAF / TEA / FLAT THING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*hlaᴮ ‘LEAF’TL#158

Connections

HPTB*s-la ‘leaf / tea’p. 48

HPTB*lay ‘leaf / paper’p. 209

See also*s-lap ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART’

Notes

This root is perhaps allofamically related to #757 PTB *lap WING / FEATHER.

Reflexes & cognates70 reflexes · 18 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-la ‘leaf / tea’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Lotha Nagalo³moʔ³morpheme n.‘leaf’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagalo◦momorpheme ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagalo◦momorpheme n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagalo◦momorpheme◦sokomorpheme ‘tea’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei1

Meitheila n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]lo ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalhla-bamorpheme ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbupelprefix◦la ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Rodongla-bomorpheme ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayulo ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang5

Chepanglo n‘leaf’Hale 73 CSD: 01.025

Chepanglo ‘leaf’Caughley 72 CVoc: 1.25

Chepanglo ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 486

Magarhla ‘leaf’Benedict 72 STC: 35n114

Magarlhā n‘leaf’Hale 73 CSD: 01.025

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Longxi)tsùmorpheme lə̀ qə̀morpheme ‘tea’Evans 99 Qiang: 610

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)la-bhak#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘tea’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)lak-phak#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ⪤ lă◦bhak#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘tea’Benedict 72 STC: 40

Burmese (Written)lak◦phak#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’◦raññmorpheme ‘tea’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)lɑk⁴phɑk⁴#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’rɑȵ²morpheme n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.26

Marmalə◦phaʔ#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘tea’Huziwara 08 Sak: 80-3

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishla¹ ‘tea’Bradley 79 PLo: 407

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish11

Lalolàq-phìqmorpheme ‘tea’Björverud 94

Nusu (Central)la³¹tɕa³³morpheme n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.34

Yi (Liangshan)la⁵⁵ ‘tea’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)la⁵⁵ni³³morpheme ‘tea leaves’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)la⁵⁵ʑɿ³³morpheme ‘tea, brewed’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)la⁵⁵ʨɔ³³morpheme ‘tea’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Nanhua)lo²¹ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.37

Yi (Nanhua)lo²¹phe̱⁵⁵#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.37

Yi (Weishan)(la²¹phɪ̱²¹#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’) tɪ̱³³morpheme v.‘make (tea)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1545.36

Yi (Weishan)lɑ²¹phɪ̱²¹#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.36

Yi (Xide)lɑ⁵⁵ʑɿ³³ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish16

Lahu (Lancang)lɑ³¹ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.43

Lahu (Yellow)la⁵ ‘tea’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morpheme N‘tea cf. la³³my³³’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morpheme dɔ⁴⁴morphemekɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘tea cup’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morpheme pø⁵⁵morpheme ‘dregs of tea’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morpheme thi²¹morpheme thø³⁵morpheme n‘packet of tea’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morpheme ti³⁵morphemedu³³morpheme ‘tea pot’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemedzi³³#6123 PTB *dziŋ ‘PLANT (n.) / TREE’ ‘tea plant’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemehɤ²¹morpheme ‘tea dust’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemekhu⁵⁵morpheme ‘bowl-shaped compressed mass of tea leaves’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemela²¹ ‘wild tea (wild plant, bitter in taste, can be used as tea)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphememi⁴⁴morpheme ‘tea plot’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemephja²¹morpheme ‘tea leaf (leaf of tea plant)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)la²¹tɕa⁵⁵morphemephja⁵⁵morpheme ‘tea in pieces’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)lá⁵-chyá³morpheme ‘tea’Fraser 22

Yi (Sani)lɒ¹¹ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Hani (Lüchun)la³¹be̱³³morpheme n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.41

Hani (Gelanghe)lɔ⁵⁵bɔ³¹morpheme ‘tea’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Mojiang)lɔ³¹khɛ⁵⁵morpheme n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.42

Silala̰33 ‘tea’Kato 08 Lao: 146

6.2Naxi4

Laze (Xiangjiao)lie˩ ‘tea’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 837

Na (Yongning)li˩pi˧˩morpheme ‘tea that has infused for too long’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Na (Yongning)li˩˧ ‘tea’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxile⁵⁵ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.45

7Karenic13

*Karenhlaᴮ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

*Karen [Burling]la² ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Bwelɛ³³ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Karenla³¹pha⁵⁵#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ n‘tea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0454.50

Kayahle¹¹ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Kayanla¹¹ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Kayawla¹¹ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Pa-O (Southern)la³³ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Pa-O (Northern)la⁵⁵ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Pwo (Northern)la³³ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Pwo (Southern)la⁵⁵ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Sgaw (Northern)la³¹˜ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Sgaw (Southern)la⁴⁵’ ‘leaf’Luangthongkum 13: 158

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #786, *s-la ‘LEAF / TEA / FLAT THING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/786

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

References: cf. STC#486, HPTB p.48

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-786,
  title  = {{*s-la 'LEAF / TEA / FLAT THING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #786},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/786}
}