*lwa

LIVE / ALIVE

Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlelwainitiallwrhymeacoverL · V

Notes

Further confirmation of this weakly attested root is necessary.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 3 subgroups

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophogv̩³³#20 PTB *kruŋ ‘LIVE / ALIVE / BORN / GIVE BIRTH / GREEN / SPROUT’ lv̩⁴⁴ ‘alive / be living’Dai 89 Lolo: 1.12

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Nusu (Southern)lua³¹ adj.‘live (of fish)’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)luɑʴ³¹ adj.‘live (of fish)’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)luɑʴ³¹ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.45

Nusu (Central)luɔ³¹ ‘alive’Dai 89 NusB: 1505.

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)luɚ³¹ ‘alive’Dai 89 NusA: 1505.

Nusu (Northern)luɛ⁵⁵ adj.‘live (of fish)’Sun J 86 Nusu

7Karenic1

Palaychitàq#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦lɔ́q ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #87, *lwa ‘LIVE / ALIVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/87

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-87,
  title  = {{*lwa 'LIVE / ALIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #87},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/87}
}