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STEDT #1777

*m-k(r)a-y

CHEW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekaprefixminitialkrhymea-ysuffixycoverK · VW

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kray ‘BITE / CHEW’PKC #1313
Tangkhulic*kej ‘BITE’DRM#398

Connections

Poss. allofam#17692

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinkray ‘BITE / CHEW’VanBik 09 PKC: 1313
Analpìmorpheme-ìmorpheme-kɛ̀ v.‘bite’Weidert 87 TBTo: 385

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimkei³ ‘bite, chew’VanBik 09 PKC: 1313
Tiddimkei³ > kei?³ v‘bite as an animal’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 582
Tiddimkei³/keiʔ³ ‘bite as an animal’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)trây-I, trǎy-II ‘bite, chew’VanBik 09 PKC: 1313

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]chài v‘bite or tear’VanBik 09 PKC: 1313

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Khezha²me²ke v.‘bite’Weidert 87 TBTo: 385
Sema [Sumi]¹mi²ki v.‘bite’Weidert 87 TBTo: 385

1.3.3Zeme Group2

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

Kachaikʰəmorpheme-məmorpheme-ki v.‘bite’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.098
Tangkhul¹khəprefix¹məprefix³kəi v.‘bite’Weidert 87 TBTo: 385
Tangkhul¹khəprefix¹ŋəprefix³kəi v.‘bite’Weidert 87 TBTo: 385
Tusomkʰamorpheme-ŋmorpheme-ka ‘bite’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.109
Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-məmorpheme-kej ‘bite’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungkhəy-asuffix v.‘bite’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 9
Kulungkhəy-asuffix v.‘bite (e.g. of a dog)’Rai 75 Kul

3.3.1rGyalrong4

rGyalrongkaprefix waprefix◦ŋki v.‘bite’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.10.7
rGyalrongkaprefix wuprefix ŋkʰɛi v.‘hold in mouth’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.7.14
rGyalrong (Northern)tɕumorpheme namorpheme ŋka v‘hold in mouth’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.7.14
rGyalrong (Northern)tɕumorpheme◦wumorpheme nɛmorpheme◦nka v‘bite’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10.7

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1777, *m-k(r)a-y ‘CHEW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1777
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ?⪤? #1762 *N-gwya
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1777,
  title  = {{*m-k(r)a-y 'CHEW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1777},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1777}
}