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STEDT #2012

*r-ki

HORN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekiprefixrinitialkrhymeicoverK · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kii ‘HORN’PKC #291

Notes

This root is quite distinct from #819 PTB *d-krəw HORN.

Reflexes & cognates53 reflexes · 14 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin2

Chinbokki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Kuki-Chinsamorpheme◦ki ‘horn (of animal)’Haokip 98: 2.10
Thadoʌ̄prefix◦kí ‘horn’Thirumalai 72: 55
Tiddimki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin8

Khumitaprefix-ki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Khumitkii ‘horn, antler’VanBik 09 PKC: 291
Khumitᵊk̯i ‘horn’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 50
Matuḁprefix◦ki ‘horn’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 50

1.2.2Central Chin10

Lai (Hakha)ki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Laizoki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]ki ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]kîi n‘horn (of any animal, etc), an antler (of deer), the antennae or feelers (of any insect)’VanBik 09 PKC: 291
Paangkhua(ra)kíi ‘horn’Løffler 85 Paa

1.2.3Maraic1

1.2.4“Old Kuki”6

Kom Remrə ki ‘horn (of animal)’Toba 91 KRQ: 2.10
Moyonrʌkə́ ‘horn (of animal)’Kosha 90: 2.10
Sorbungarprefix-ki ‘horn’Brown 37 Indo
Sorbungʔəprefix-kìi ‘horn (of animal)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.035
Sorbungʔəprefix-kìi ‘antler (of deer)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.036

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringchi n‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Maringci ‘horn’Brown 37 Indo

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Khezhaʼèprefix◦cí ‘horn (of animal)’Yabu 94 Khö: 2.10
Maoomorpheme◦kei ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦bomorpheme ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦bomorpheme ‘horn (of animal)’Achumi 98: 2.10
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦bomorpheme ‘antler (of deer)’Achumi 98: 2.11

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Maramchi ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Puirontaprefix◦ki ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeitaprefix-ki ‘horn’Brown 37 Indo

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulāŋamorpheme◦chi ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Tusomʔəmorpheme-nmorpheme-tsɯ ‘horn (of an animal)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.034

1.4Meithei3

Meitheiməprefix◦ci ‘horn (of animal)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.10
Meitheiməprefix◦ci (səjimorpheme-gimorpheme) ‘antler (of deer)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.11

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Luimaprefix◦chī ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic3

Qiang (Mawo)zdumorpheme ɹəqə̥ ‘antler (of deer)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.11
Qiang (Taoping)ʐɑ³³ qə⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 81 Qia

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongr̥ə pək#2010 PTB *bak ‘ANTLER’ ‘antler (of deer)’Apparently all that is left of #2012 PTB *r-ki HORN in this form is the rhotic prefix!Dai 89 Jiar: 2.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2012, *r-ki ‘HORN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2012
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Qiangic and Chin
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2012,
  title  = {{*r-ki 'HORN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2012},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2012}
}