Re: [tied] The u-adjectives

On 2006-09-14 03:02, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Let's gather a list of the PIE u-adjectives?
>
> *bhng^hu- thick (cf. panku, pakhys)
> *dnsu- (dntsu-?) dense, thick (cf. dassu, dasu, dasys)
> *mrg^hu- small, short (cf. brevis, brakhys, merry)
> *mldhu- soft (cf. mollis)

> *leg^hu- light (cf. levis, elakhys)
> *lNg^Hu- light (cf. elakhys, lahu)

Should be *h1ln.gWH-ú- 'light, nimble' (RV ragHú-, Skt. lagHu-), with
the curious but demostrably independent loss of the nasal in some
branches _after_ the development of a branch-specific prop vowel: Lat.
lev- with -e- < *-en-, Celt. *lag- with *-a- < *-an-, Slavic *lIgU- with
*-I- < *-In-, all of them from PIE syllabic *-n.-).

> *swH2du- sweet (cf. sua:vis, he:dys, svadu, sweet)

Should be *swah2d-ú- (if not *swa:d-ú-). More work is in order both on
this reconstruction and on those marked with (?) below.

> *gW(H)ru- heavy (cf. barys, gravis, guru)

Should be *gWr.h2-ú-

Here are some more:

*h1wé:s-u-/*h1s-u- 'good'
*pl.h1-ú- 'abundant'
*wrh1-ú- (?) 'wide'
*tn.h2-ú- 'thin'
*pl.th2-ú- 'broad'
*h2m.g^H-ú- 'narrow'
*kr.t-ú- 'strong'
*oh1k^ú- (?) 'swift'
*dHr.s-ú- 'daring'
*tr.s-ú- 'dry'
*dluk(^)-ú- (?)

Piotr