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#293 PTB *lay LEAF / PAPER

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

PNN *lay LEAF / BOOK

This etymon is derived from the Indo-Aryan root LIKH ‘scratch, write’ (Turner 1966: 640-641). Compare Skt. likhá- ‘writer’ with Jingpho làikā ‘book’.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid
30454	293	177	lay	leaf / paper		*Tibeto-Burman	2	0.1	Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)	0	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
515335	293	2012	lay	leaf / paper		*Tibeto-Burman	2	0.1	Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)	0	Matisoff 03 HPTB	JAM-HPTB	599
29950	293	1594	ˋlaːi	paper, letter		Tiddim	68	1.2.1.1	Northern Chin	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29948	293,m	1473	lai◦rik	book		Tangkhul	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29949	293,m	1043	lai◦lik	book		Meithei	13	1.4	Meithei	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29951	293	353	lái	leaf		Bodo	80	1.7.1.1	Bodo	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29952	293,m	353	lay◦zab	book		Bodo	80	1.7.1.1	Bodo	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29957	m,293	532	ba-lai	leaf		Dimasa	80	1.7.1.1	Bodo	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29953	293	160	lay	leaf, book		*Northern Naga	12	1.7.2	Northern Naga/Konyakian	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
78927	293	161	lay	leaf / book		*Northern Naga	12	1.7.2	Northern Naga/Konyakian	1	French 83	WTF-PNN	510
244239	293	429	lie	leaf	n	Chang	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL
29956	293	431	lie	leaf, book		Chang	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29954	293	808	lai	book		Konyak	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29955	293	1282	lai	book		Phom	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123
29947	293,m	672	lài◦kā	book		Jingpho	37	1.7.3.1	Jingpho	1	Matisoff 85 GSTC	JAM-GSTC	123