Re: [tied] The u-adjectives

> Let's gather a list of the PIE u-adjectives?

*bHng^Hu- thick (cf. panku, pakhys)
*bHrg^Hu- high (cf. parku, Brigantia, brhati, berg,
burg)
*dhr.s-ú- 'daring'
*dHrg^Hu- "strong" (cf. trakhys)
*dluk(^)-ú- 'sweet' (cf. glykys, dulcis)
*dngHu- 'fast' (cf. takhys)
*dnsu- (dntsu-?) dense, thick (cf. dassu, dasu,
dasys)
*gWh2ru- heavy (cf. barys, gravis, guru)
*h1lNgWHu- light,nimble (cf. elakhys, laghu, raghu)
*h1wé:s-u-_/*h1s- u- 'good'
*h2m.g^H-ú- 'narrow'
*kr.t-ú- 'strong'
*leg^Hu- light (cf. levis, elakhys)
*mldHu- soft (cf. mollis)
*mrg^Hu- small, short (cf. brevis, brakhys, merry)
*oh1k^ú- (?) 'swift'
*pl.h1-ú- 'abundant'
*pl.th2-ú- 'broad'
*sweh2du- sweet (cf. sua:vis, he:dys, sva:du, sweet)
*tn.h2-ú- 'thin'
*tr.s-ú- 'dry'
*wrh1-ú- (?) 'wide'
--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
escreveu:

> 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
>
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