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STEDT #1416

*s-rim

SMELL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlerimprefixsinitialrrhymeimcoverL · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*rim ‘ODOR / SMELL’PKC #956
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-hrəm ‘SMELL (n.), ODOR’PCN #145

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinrim ‘ODOR / SMELL’VanBik 09 PKC: 956

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadogím ‘odor (poetic)’VanBik 09 PKC: 956
Tiddimgim² ‘smell’VanBik 09 PKC: 956

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)rîm ‘odor, smell’VanBik 09 PKC: 956
Lai (Falam)rǐm ‘odor, smell’VanBik 09 PKC: 956
Lushai [Mizo]rím ‘odour, smell, scent, perfume, fragrance’VanBik 09 PKC: 956

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]rò ‘smell, odor’VanBik 09 PKC: 956

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Kom Remməprefix◦rim v‘smell / sniff’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.5.9
Kom Remmʌprefix◦rím n.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 465

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)11

*Central Nagaaprefix-hrəm n.‘SMELL, ODOR’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.145
Lotha Nagahrəm- v.‘emit an odor, be stinky’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-hrəm¹ n.‘odor, smell’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.145
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rhüm ‘smell’Murry 78: 113
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rhüm ‘odor’Murry 78: 81
Lotha Naga¹omorpheme¹rhɯm n.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 465
Sangtamaprefix◦ghüm v.‘smell’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtamaprefix◦ghüm ‘smell’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtamghüm, ghüm◦tingmorpheme ‘smell’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüaprefix◦rhüm ‘pungent’Kumar 73 Yim: 33
Yimchungrü²amorpheme◦²hrɯm [¹] n.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 465

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami Naga⁴re n.‘smell’also contains *d-ri-kWeidert 87 TBTo: 465
Chokri²uprefix⁵rɤ n.‘smell’also contains *d-ri-kWeidert 87 TBTo: 465

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurigimorpheme-rān² ‘smell’unknown

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1416, *s-rim ‘SMELL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1416
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KCN") AW-TBT 465
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1416,
  title  = {{*s-rim 'SMELL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1416},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1416}
}