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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