From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 46067
Date: 2006-09-14
> > Let's gather a list of the PIE u-adjectives?*h2rdHu- 'high' (cf. arduus, arbor, ardvi)
>
>
> *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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