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STEDT #1462

*k(i/u)t

SCRAPE / RULE (LINE) / SCRATCH / ITCH / CUT / CARVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekitinitialkrhymeit ⪤ kutcoverK · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*kʰot ‘SCRATCH / SCRAPE’DRM#546

Connections

HPTB*ku(ː)t ‘scrape / carve / scratch’pp. 364, 496

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanku(ː)t ‘scrape / carve / scratch’Mortensen 12 Tk
*Tibeto-Burmanku(ː)t ‘scrape / carve / scratch’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597
*Tibeto-Burmankut ‘scrape / scratch / cut / carve’Benedict 72 STC: 383

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

*Tangkhulickʰot ‘scratch / scrape’Mortensen 12 Tk: 546
Kachaikʰəmorpheme-məmorpheme-kʰɐ ‘scratch / scrape’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.086
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-kʰot ‘scratch / scrape’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasakhu ‘engrave on wood / stone’Benedict 72 STC: 383

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garokamorpheme-kit ‘itch’Benedict 72 STC: 383

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagakuːt v.‘scrape’French 83: 541

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoa³¹prefixkhut³¹ ‘scrape’Liu 84
Jingphokhut ‘scrape, rub’Benedict 72 STC: 383

2.1.3Lepcha4

Lepchaăprefix-hut ‘scratching; a rake’Benedict 72 STC: 383
Lepchaăprefix-kut ‘strake’Benedict 72 STC: 383
Lepchahut v.‘scratch, as body / earth’Benedict 72 STC: 383
Lepchakut v.‘rule a line’Benedict 72 STC: 383

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangkurh-sasuffix ‘scratch’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.B.2.40

6.1.1Burmish8

Burmese (Written)khut v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)khut ‘gash, chop, cut, beat ( metal )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)khut ‘gash, chop, cut, beat (metal)’Benedict 72 STC: 383
Burmese (Written)khut⁴ v.‘chop down (trees)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1467.26
Burmese (Written)kut ‘scratch; hold fast over shoulders’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Yi (Sani)kɤ³³ v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.39
Yi (Sani)kɤ³³ v.‘mow / cut (grass)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1342.39
Yi (Sani)kɤ³³tshz̩⁴⁴morpheme v.‘cut off / sever’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1341.39

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1462, *k(i/u)t ‘SCRAPE / RULE (LINE) / SCRATCH / ITCH / CUT / CARVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1462
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#383, HPTB pp. 364, 496
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1462,
  title  = {{*k(i/u)t 'SCRAPE / RULE (LINE) / SCRATCH / ITCH / CUT / CARVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1462},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1462}
}