8.0 Abstract Nouns and Verbs, Psychological Verbs, Verbs of Utterance > 8.5 Utterance > 8.5.4 Verbs Expressing Communicative Affect > 8.5.4.1 Loud

#2142 PTB *ʔaːw SHOUT / CRY OUT

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root is solid, although it has a clearly onomatopoetic element to it.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
722222142182aːwcry out*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC2730
51468821422012ʔaːwshout*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5830
50053221421920ʔaawSCREAM / CALL OUT / SHOUT*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
44403021421926ʔáaw-I, ʔàaw-IIscreamThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
4440312142,m1929áw◦hayshout at, yell toKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
44402721421947ʔâaw-I, ʔǎaw-IIscream, call, out, cry out, shoutLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
44402821421923ʔǎaw-I, ʔàaw-IIscream, cry out, call outLai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
31574621421779aoshoutvLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB20920
2493082142976aushoutvLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44402921421924áuscream, to cry out, to shout out, to call out, to bawlLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC5010
707932142984auscream, cry outLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC2730
707942142534haushout in chorusDimasa801.7.1.1Bodo1Benedict 72 STCSTC2730
41353521421823ɔ²²yell / shoutv.Burmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1368.270
42344721421823ɔ²²shout / yellv.Burmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1585.270
707922142409aucry out, bawl, howlBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC2730
2493042142392ô.shoutvBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
41353421421822ɔ²yell / shoutv.Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1368.260
42344621421822ɔ²shout / yellv.Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1585.260

Chinese comparandum

呼 OC *χo, GSR #55h ‘call out, shout, summon’; B & S 2011: *qʰˁa; Mand. .
號 OC *g’og, GSR #1041p-q ‘cry out, command’; B & S 2011: *C.ɡˁaw {[C.ɡ]ˁaw}; Mand. háo.
嚆 OC *χŏg, GSR #1129b’ ‘make noise’; Mand. hāo.
嚎 OC (not in GSR #1129; probably *χŏg) ‘howl, bawl’; Mand. háo.
呴 呵 嗷
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