Q. lá² prep. “beyond, over, across, athwart” (Category: Beyond)

Q. lá², prep. “beyond, over, across, athwart” (Category: Beyond)

References ✧ PE17/65, 90-91; VT42/32; VT44/4

Glosses

• “across, over, beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (lā)
• “athwart, over, across, beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (la)
• “beyond” ✧ PE17/65; PE17/90; PE17/90; VT42/32; VT44/4; PE17/65 (lá)

Variations

• lá ✧ PE17/65; PE17/90; PE17/90; PE17/91; VT42/32; VT44/4; PE17/65 (lá); PE17/65 (lá)
• lā ✧ PE17/65; PE17/65
• la ✧ PE17/65

Related

• ᴱQ. arta “across, athwart” may be replaced by lá² “beyond, over, across, athwart”

Changes

• lá “beyond” >> lā “across, over, beyond” ✧ PE17/65

Element In

• Q. ambela “further still beyond, far away beyond” ✧ PE17/91
• Q. A (ná) calima lá B “A is brighter than B; (lit.) A is bright beyond B” ✧ PE17/90; PE17/90; PE17/91; VT42/32
• Q. haila “far beyond” ✧ PE17/65
• Q. pella “beyond (boundary or limit)” ✧ PE17/65
• Q. caitas lá i sír “it is beyond the river” ✧ PE17/65
• Q. lanna “athwart, (to a point) beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (lanna); PE17/65
• Q. núla² “under [beyond]” ✧ PE17/65 (núla)
• Q. olla “over [beyond]” ✧ PE17/65 (olla)
• Q. palla “far beyond” ✧ PE17/65

Derivations

• < ✶lā̆ “beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (lā̆); PE17/65 (laŋa)
  • < √LAƷ “cross, pass over, go beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (LAŊ)
• < √LAƷ “cross, pass over, go beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (LAŊ); PE17/90 (ALA/LA); PE17/91 (LAƷA)

Phonetic Developments

✶lā̆ > lá	[lā]	✧ PE17/65
✶laŋa > lā	[laŋa] > [laɣa] > [lā]	✧ PE17/65
√LAŊ > la	[laŋa] > [laɣa] > [lā]	✧ PE17/65
√ALA/LA > lá	[lā]	✧ PE17/90
√LAƷA > lá	[laɣa] > [lā]	✧ PE17/90

ᴱQ. la prep. “before; than” (Category: Conjunction)

References ✧ PE14/48, 81; PE15/70, 78

Glosses

• “ — before” ✧ PE14/81
• “before” ✧ PE14/48; PE15/70
• “than” ✧ PE14/81; PE15/78

Element In

• ᴱQ. malda la munta “better than nothing” ✧ PE14/48; PE14/81

Derivations

• < ᴱ√LAHA “*open, extend”