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

#88 PTB *b-gryas OLD

This root, originally proposed in Gong (2001), has been identified only in WT and WB. It is possible that some Himalayish forms ascribed to #2228 PTB *r‑ga OLD should rather be assigned to this etymon.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
515014882012b-|gresold*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5910
62220788,s1567bgre-bagrow old (resp.)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED890
622208881567bgresgrow old (perf.)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED890
515786882011k-ri(y)²big*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6110
220804881428tɕi⁵⁵bigBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC800.400
254705m,88392ame◦krī:old womanBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
246209m,88392asak◦krī:old (of persons)Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
13286888394krîbigBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Hansson 89 AHKPILH-PL3190
3512088382krībigBurmese (Inscriptional)446.1.1Burmish1Okell 71JO-PB0
44085688406krîgreat, bigBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
23759488392krī:bigBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3511988404krī:bigBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Okell 71JO-PB0
394662881822kri³big / largeadjBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0964.260
22077888411kri³bigBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC800.390

Chinese comparandum

耆 OC *k’iər, GSR #552l ‘old’; Schuessler 2007:421 *gri; B & S 2011: *ɡrij {[ɡ]rij}; Mand. .