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Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
Vol. 46:1 (2023) ► pp.1–5

Paddy-field dike

A new Sino-Loloish etymology

| University of California, Berkeley

This brief note proposes a new Proto-Sino-Tibetan etymon for FIELD-DIKE, the dike between irrigated paddy fields, and provides an etymology relating Chinese and Lahu forms. It also discusses related etymologies with similar rhymes in Lahu and their reflexes in Burmese. There is also a postscript on the Written Burmese rhyme -añ.

Keywords: field-dike, Chinese, Lahu, Burmese
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  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 12 May 2023
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