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FromProto-Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-gla²(“between; to have a space between; interval”), fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*gla(“interval, space between”). Cognate withAkha[script needed](khà,“in between”) (STEDT); outside of Lolo-Burmese, compareOld Chinese間 (OC*kreːn, *kreːns, “section, between, interval (of time and/or space)”).[1]Hill (2019) (p. 251) adduces加 (OC*kraːl, “to add”),Tibetanབཀྲལ(bkral,“to appoint”), andཁྲལ(khral,“tax”) as phonetically-sound cognates.
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ကြား• (kra:)
FromProto-Tibeto-Burman*(k/g)ra(“to hear, listen, sound”); cognate withTibetanསྒྲ(sgra,“sound, voice”) (STEDT). Luce additionally comparesOld Chinese喈 (OC*kriːl, “to resound; melody”).[2] Note also similarities to諫 (OC*kraːns, “to admonish”),聆 (OC*reːŋ, “to listen carefully”).
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