*kan

DRY (UP)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekaninitialkrhymeancoverK · N

Connections

HPTB*kan ‘dry up’pp. 258, 259

HPTB*tan ‘dry’pp. 258, 301

Notes

This root is rather sparsely attested in TB, but there is a good-looking Chinese comparandum.

Chinese comparandum

乾 OC *kɑ̂n, GSR #140c ‘dry’; Schuessler 2007:262 *kân; B & S 2011: *kˁar {*[k]ˁar}; Mand. gān. coblin
139h 旱 han4 ɡˁarʔ {[ɡ]ˁa[r]ʔ} dry drought g’ân

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphoka̱³³ ‘dry’also contains *s-kaLiu 84

Jingphoka̱³³ ‘dry (of damp objects: become dry)’also contains *s-kaHuang and Dai 92 TBL: 1028.19

Jingphoka̱³³ v.‘dry, be’also contains *s-kaHuang and Dai 92 TBL: 1333.19

Jingphoka̱³³ ‘dry’also contains *s-kaSun H 91 ZMYY: 864.47

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesekɑn ‘dry up’Chou 72: 140c

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)khàn ‘dry up’Benedict 72 STC: 166n444

Burmese (Written)khɑ̀n v,adj‘dry’Chou 72: 140c

Atsi [Zaiwa]kʔan ‘dry up’Benedict 72 STC: 166n444

Atsi [Zaiwa]kʔɑn v,adj‘dry’Chou 72: 140c

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)kɑ̂n v,adj‘dry’Chou 72: 140c

Chinese (Old/Mid)kɑ̂n/kɑ̂n ‘dry’Karlgren 57 GSR: 140c

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)gān ‘dry’Evans 91

Chinese (Mandarin)gan ‘dry’Sun J 85 ChGl: 204

Chinese (Mandarin)kɑn ‘dry’Karlgren 57 GSR: 140c

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #120, *kan ‘DRY (UP)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/120

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: support?>other vol.; cf. STC p.166, HPTB pp.258, 259

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-120,
  title  = {{*kan 'DRY (UP)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #120},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/120}
}