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*k(r/w)ap

CHEW (noisily) / MUNCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekw/r/yinitialkw/r/yrhymeupcoverK · T

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*m-gwapᴸ ⪤ *C-krapᴸ ‘munch / bite down on’p. 338

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish10

*TGTMᴬkʰrap ‘bite’Mazaudon 94 These: 125
Tamang (Risiangku)¹kʰrap ‘bite (like a dog)’Mazaudon 94 These: 125
Tamang (Sahu)khrāp-pā(p)suffix v‘bite’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.04
Tamang (Sahu)kʰrap-pasuffix v.‘bite’Taylor 72 TmVo: 14.4
Tamang (Sahu)kʰrap◦pasuffix v.‘bite’Taylor 72 TmVo: 1.56
Tamang (Sahu)themorpheme khrāp◦pāsuffix v‘bite’Hale 73 CSD: 01.056

2.3.2Southern Kiranti6

Bantawakhup ‘chew’Rai 85 BnDs
Bantawakhup- v.t.‘chew’Rai 84 BnDc: 41
Bantawakhupt- v.‘bite (a grain to test dryne’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 30
Bantawakhupt- v.t.‘chew on s.th.’Rai 84 BnDc: 41
Bantawakhupʈ- v.‘chew’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 30
Bantawayomorpheme khott ‘chew the cud’Rai 84 BnDc: 41

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Sunwar'khrayk- v.‘bite’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 9
Sunwar'khrāyk-cāmorpheme v‘bite’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.04
Sunwar'krayk- v.‘bite’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 9
Sunwar'krāyk-cāmorpheme v‘bite’Hale 73 CSD: 01.056

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lahukhòʔ ‘munch, bite noisily’Lahu kh- is the regular reflex of *kr, and -òʔ is the regular reflex of the rhyme *-ap.LaPolla 87: 195
Lahu (Black)khòʔ ‘munch / bite noisily’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 90(b)

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Haonikho³¹ ‘bite’Hansson 89 AHKP: 544

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1763, *k(r/w)ap ‘CHEW (noisily) / MUNCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1763
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1763,
  title  = {{*k(r/w)ap 'CHEW (noisily) / MUNCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1763},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1763}
}