Re: [tied] Re: PIE *le:p/*la:b

tolgs001 wrote:

>> <lapër> 'dewlap', wattle, gill',
>
> This indeed seems to have elements in common with
> Rum. <lãbãrtzat>, as far as "flabbiness, floppiness" and
> figuratively "sloppiness" are relevant. (Anyway, something
> opposite to "firm, steadfast and disciplined".)
> If any relationship at all, then the -tz- remains to be explained
> (the final -at being only the participle ending, also used in
> adjectives). Seemingly, no attestations for an inferred initial
> *lãpãrtzat.
>
>> Konushevci
>
> George

common suffix in some substratual and non-substratual verbs : a(s)muTa,
aTâTa, agãTa, forTa, incãlTa, etc.
Don't ask me for the origin of this suffix by now:-)

Alex