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#1647 PTB *lyap ⪤ *rap COPULATE / LOVE

This etymon is attested in the NE Indian Areal Group and Himalayish, with a possible cognate in Loloish (Bisu). The initial shows variation between l‑ and r‑. This root seems to be quite distinct from #3472 PTB *la COPULATE / LOVE, below. The final ‑t in the Tangkhul forms is unexplained. See TBRS 151.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
1160561647,m503lyeb-gaːcopulateDarang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
116105p,m,16471472kha◦ŋa◦rātcopulateTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
30533116471470ratcopulateTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Bhat 69 TNVBhat-TNV860
116070m,1647,16471064do◦rap◦rapcopulateMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
116072127,1647,34301064i◦rap-chomcopulateMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
116071127,1647,16471064i◦rap-rapcopulateMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1909766,1647,m1262sem lep◦ilovev.Pattani [Manchati]202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, D.D. 82 THDS-Patt0
2645751647,3477441rāp-sālovevChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN10b1.520
635021647,3477449rap-saloveChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep10.B.1.520
2656531647,m990ro-kelovenMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN10a.010
2645691647,m990ro-kelovevMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN10b1.520
512215450,1647,1359344aŋ◦làp◦ʔmbãgenitalsBisu486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Beaudouin 88 BisuPB-Bisu140

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The basic meaning of Karbi rap is ‘to befriend; to be together’. It occurs as an auxiliary after other verbs (e.g. do ‘be; exist’, i ‘sleep’), meaning ‘to V together’.