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#5019 PTB *lay FIELD (paddy) (provisional)

It is possible that the Kuki-Chin forms are loans from Burmese.

There is a similar-looking Tai root: cf. Siamese râj.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
50105050191920layFIELD (paddy)*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10190
44661450191928laipaddy fieldCho (Mindat)691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10190
44661550191929lieepaddy fieldKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10190
44661250191947lâypaddy fieldLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10190
44661350191924lěi lètengage in wet-rice cultivationvLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10190
34714450191823lɛ²²paddy fieldsnBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0042.270
34714350191822lɑj²paddy fieldsnBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0042.260