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#3472 PTB *la COPULATE / LOVE

This root was set up in TBRS 154, but several of the supporting forms from Tamangic were spurious (p.c., M. Mazaudon, 2014). For the correct analysis of Gurung (Ghachok) mrĩ la baq ‘copulate’, see #5752 TGTM *mriŋ WIFE.

The only remaining support for this etymon is furnished by Tangkhul and Dumi, but these two forms are also subject to reevaluation.

This shaky root seems quite distinct from #1647 PTB *lyap ⪤ *rap COPULATE / LOVE.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
116104p,34721472kha◦lācopulateTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
729663472,m,m547la◦li◦khaloveDumi772.3.3Central Kiranti1Driem 93 DumiSVD-Dum0