*kri(k/ŋ)

LOVE / COPULATE

Reconstruction analysis

handlekryiinitialkrrhymeikcoverK · T

Notes

This root is well attested in the NE Indian Areal Group and Burmish, with an excellent cognate in Written Tibetan. The correspondence of WT -ig to WB -ac is perfectly regular. (Cf. HPTB pp. 343-348). The Maring form points to an allofam with final nasal.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)h̥kʻrig-pasuffix ‘copulate’Jäschke (p. 61) notes that this word is “the usual, not exactly obscene, yet not euphemistic term for it”. It also has the non-sexual meanings ‘cohere, stick together’ and ‘be cloudy, overcast (of the sky)’.Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish15

Achang (Lianghe)kɛ⁵⁵morphemekik⁵⁵ ‘love’Dai 85 AcJZ

Arakanesehcat ‘love’Okell 71

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tɕhiʔ⁴⁴ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.40

Burmese (Written)khjɑs ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.39

Burmese (Written)khjɑs⁴ ‘love / like’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1126.26

Burmese (Written)khyac v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)khyac ‘love’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)khyac v.‘love’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Inscriptional)khyat ‘love’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)əprefix-khyac ‘love, affection’Benedict 76 WBur

Inthahyi’ ‘love’Okell 71

Maru [Langsu]c'ít ‘love’Okell 71

Tavoyanhyi’ ‘love’Okell 71

Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃi̱t⁵⁵ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃi̱t⁵⁵tap²¹morpheme ‘love / like’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1126.30

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1645, *kri(k/ŋ) ‘LOVE / COPULATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1645

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1645,
  title  = {{*kri(k/ŋ) 'LOVE / COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1645},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1645}
}