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#2688 PTB *tal ARROW / BOW (weapon)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
198212688174talarrow / bow*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST560a-d0
51592126882012talarrow / bow*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6140
201838m,26881431me³³tak³³arrowSulung [Puroik]41.1“North Assam”0Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC428.520
50040526881920thalARROW*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
44330726881930thal tangarrowPaite681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
44330826881927htal tangarrowSizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
44330626881926thâlarrowThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
30490526881762thalbow (weapon)nTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC182n4790
3154822688,m1778thal¹ (tang¹)arrowTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB18610
44330526881925thal¹ tang¹arrowTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
32821826881794ˊthalbownTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Henderson 65 TidCEJAH-TC0
44330926881928thabamboo-arrowCho (Mindat)691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
4433102688,2411,m1929thay◦li◦hóbowKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
4464752688,2411,m1929thay◦li◦hóbowKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC9940
44330226881947thâlarrowLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
44330326881923thálarrowLai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
2365052688976thalarrowLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44330426881924thǎlarrow, a dartnLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC3740
31548126881779thalarrowLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB18610
3048152688984thalarrow, dartLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC169n4520
2379772411?,26881062li◦thaibow (for shooting)Mikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
23797826881062thaibow (for shooting)Mikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30481426881742thaiarrowMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Benedict 72 STCSTC169n4520
2365072688,m1062thai-asoarrowMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30481326881743thalarrowOld Mikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Benedict 72 STCSTC169n4520
30481726881728thalboughnDeori/Deuri831.7.1.4Deori1Benedict 72 STCSTC169n452 1

Chinese comparandum

Benedict (STC 169n452) suggests a connection with GSR 560a-d.
Also see S489-90


^ 1.
See Benedict 1940 #72. The semantic connection resides perhaps in the way branches may bend down like bows.