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1.3.4.2 Molar

Many TB words meaning MOLAR are compounds: Lepcha fo-góm and Bokar jiː-kam are compounds of TOOTH + JAW. (See #630 PTB *gam JAW / CHIN / MOLAR.) Lahu cì-g̈àʔ-ma ‘molar’ is a compound of #635 PTB *m-dzyway TOOTH / TUSK and #5669 PTB *rak WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE. Lushai (Mizo) ha-pui ‘molar’ is a compound of #632 PTB *s/p-wa TOOTH and #1622 PTB *pwi(y)-n FEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR.

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tagnum_recschaptertitlechaptersequenceprotoformprotoglossgrpidplggrpnonotesnum_notesnum_comparandastatuspublicusername
33195Molar1.3.4.214.0bangār-MOLAR62IAX.1.1loan < Nepali00KEEP0
162243Molar1.3.4.215.0pwi(y)-nFEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR2PTB0.1cf. STC#171, HPTB pp.197, 201, 44811KEEP1