7.0 Adjectival Verbs > 7.1 Adjectives and attributives > 7.1.8 Evaluatives (but see also 7.1.3, 7.1.5, 9.6) > 7.1.8.3 Neutral term

#7181 PTB *sar OLD (of things)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root shows up in several different subgroups, with the usual meaning “old (of things)”. In Karenic and Kuki-Chin, the meaning seems to have shifted to “old (of people)”.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
50024571811920tarOLD / SENILE*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
44255371811930teksenilePaite681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
44255271811926téʔ-I, tèʔ-IIold (person)Thado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
44255171811925teːk²oldTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
44254871811947târ-I, tǎr-IIoldbe v.Lai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
44254971811923tǎr-INVoldbe v.Lai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
2462127181976tarold (of persons)Lushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44255071811924tárold or agedbe v.Lushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC2140
524497m,71812030san-táa-|riàperson, oldSorbung721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Mortensen 11 SorbungMK-SorbungPeople.0610
524725p,71812030ʔə-taa-|riaold folksSorbung721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Mortensen 11 SorbungMK-SorbungVerbs.1920
24619771811019taraold (of persons)Maring111.3“Naga” Areal Group0Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
52895371812031saarold*Tangkhulic661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-Tk5180
525698m,71812023kə-saoldHuishu661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-TkVerbs.1610
525170m,71812022kə-soroldKachai661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-TkVerbs.1400
246206p,7181,m1471ka◦sar◦aold (of persons)Tangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
254682p,7181,m1471ka◦sar◦aold manTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
254702p,7181,m1471ka◦sar◦vaold womanTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30610571811470saroldTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Bhat 69 TNVBhat-TNV930
525762m,71812025kə-saroldUkhrul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-Tk0
24621571811062sarold (of persons)Mikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2546907181,m1062sar◦buraold manMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2547087181,25591062sar◦piold womanMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2546917181,s1062sar◦poold manMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
344627b,7181,s1801buDhi◦khok◦maold womanBantawa762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Rai 85 BnDsNKR-Bant0
3994417181,m1853ʂɑ¹³ti⁵⁵old / elderlyPumi (Lanping)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1058.090
41910971811853ʂɑ⁵⁵old, bev.Pumi (Lanping)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1493.090
22367271811306ʂɑ¹³old (of people)Pumi (Qinghua)343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC857.110
41913371811830saːn³³old, bev.Leqi (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1493.330
41915371811827san⁵¹old, bev.Atsi [Zaiwa]446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1493.300
318865544,7181838hɛ-šāold fieldn.Lahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB2130
318855450,7181838ɔ̀-šāsomething oldLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB2130
561957181123šá'old (humans)*Karen (Pwo)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS30
1668257181,m413θa◦bwɛmature, to be oldbe v.Bwe507Karenic1Henderson 97 KarEJAH-BKD0
1671587181,m,m413θa◦bwɛ-thagrow oldv.Bwe507Karenic1Henderson 97 KarEJAH-BKD0
5619771811272šáʔold (humans)Pwo (Bassein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS30
5619671811279šáold (humans)Pwo (Moulmein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS30