*kar

LEAD / BRONZE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekarinitialkrhymearcoverK · L

Connections

HPTB*kar ‘lead (metal) / bronze’p. 390

Notes

The cognacy of the Tiddim form remains to be substantiated.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankar ‘lead (metal) / bronze’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimˋhak n‘lead’Henderson 65 TidC

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Balti)kʰʌr◦ba·morpheme ‘bell metal’Rangan 75: 65

Tibetan (Written)ḥkhar-bamorpheme ~ mkhar-bamorpheme ‘bronze / bell-metal’Benedict 72 STC: 15n54(c)

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)khâi ‘lead or tin’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khaì ‘lead’Benedict 72 STC: 15n54(c)

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2299, *kar ‘LEAD / BRONZE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2299

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

References: cf. STC p.15, HPTB p.390

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2299,
  title  = {{*kar 'LEAD / BRONZE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2299},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2299}
}