Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ləʔ

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology 1

    Reconstruction

    • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
      • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *la-k (STEDT)

    Verb

    *ləʔ

    1. to take
    Descendants
    • Chinese: 以 (OC *ləʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
    • Tshangla: ལ་ལེ (la le)
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *laa
      • Central
      • Maraic
    • Boro-Garo
    • Proto-Northern Naga: *C̥-laᴮ
    • Jingpho-Asakian
      • Jingpho: la (“to take”)
    • Proto-Tani: *laŋ
      • Apatani: laa
      • Galo: 'laa nam

    Etymology 2

      Reconstruction

      • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
        • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *la-y (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

      STEDT conflates an *r-initial synonym with this *l-initial root. They should probably be separated into an *l-initial *ləʔ and an r-initial rendered as *mV-rə(k).

      Verb

      *ləʔ

      1. to come, arrive
      Descendants
      • Chinese: 迨 (OC *lˤəʔ (B-S), “when”)
      • rGyalrongic
        • West rGyalrongic
          • Horpa
            • Geshiza: ʑæ
            • Tangut: 𗆐 (*ljịj²), 𗄼 (*lja¹)
      • Lolo-Burmese
        • Burmish
          • Achang: los (“to come”)
          • Burmese: လာ (la, “to come”)
        • Proto-Loloish: *la¹
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