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STEDT #1277

*grawk

RAVINE / VALLEY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*grok ‘ravine / gulf’p. 378
See alsoNAPE

Notes

It seems likely that this etymon is somehow related to #2322 PTB *kl(y)u(ŋ/k) VALLEY / RIVER.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmangrok ‘ravine / gulf’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)taprefix◦rok ‘valley’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)taprefix◦luk n.‘ravine’Coupe 07 Ao

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphokharaw ‘valley’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphokhəro ‘ravine’Benedict 72 STC: 122
Jingphokhəróʔ ‘ravine’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakkəlóʔ ‘valley’Huziwara 08 Sak: 273-2

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)grog-posuffix ‘deep dell, ravine’Benedict 72 STC: 122

4Nungic1

Anongkhəro ‘ravine’Benedict 72 STC: 122

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefixkhʐoʔ⁵⁵ n‘valley’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0025.29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1277, *grawk ‘RAVINE / VALLEY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1277
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 378; var.STC#122, Jg krūŋ, khəróʔ
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1277,
  title  = {{*grawk 'RAVINE / VALLEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1277},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1277}
}