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hraia

awkward, difficult

hraia adj. "awkward, difficult" (PE17:154), ephemerally meant "easy" (PE17:172)

hrai

adjective. awkward, difficult, stiff

hrai(a)

adjective. easy

Cognates

  • S. rhae “easy” ✧ PE17/172

Derivations

  • SRAY “easy, pliant, moving with ease” ✧ PE17/172

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
SRA/SRAYA > hraia[sraja] > [r̥aja]✧ PE17/172

Variations

  • hra ✧ PE17/172 (hra)
  • hrai ✧ PE17/172 (hrai)
  • hraia ✧ PE17/172 (hraia)

hrai(a)

adjective. awkward, difficult, stiff

Derivations

  • SRAG “awkward, awry; hard, (very) difficult” ✧ PE17/154; PE17/172; PE17/185

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
SRAG > hraia[sraia] > [r̥aia]✧ PE17/154
SRA-G > hraia[sraia] > [r̥aia]✧ PE17/172
SRAGA > hrai[srai] > [r̥ai]✧ PE17/185

Variations

  • hraia ✧ PE17/154; PE17/172 (hraia)
  • hrai ✧ PE17/185
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hranga

awkward, hard

hranga (2) adj. "awkward, hard" (PE17:154), "stiff, awkward, difficult" (PE17:185)