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STEDT #2301

*kat

ONE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*khat ⪤ *ʔat ⪤ *hat ‘ONE’PKC #450

Central Naga (Ao Group)*khaj ‘ONE’

Notes

This is one of the better attested roots for ONE. See Matisoff 1995:§3.1.2ff.

This root may well be related to #742 PTB *ka-t WING / HAND, though further analysis of their interconnection is necessary, especially with respect to the Central Naga forms.

Reflexes & cognates51 reflexes · 17 subgroups

Tiddimkhat¹ ciat¹morpheme ‘each one’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 725

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Cho (Mindat)ät ‘one (num.)’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

Khumiha ‘one’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 209

Khumiha ‘one’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

Matupḁmorpheme◦kʰat ‘one’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 209

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)pamorpheme-khat ‘one (number)’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

Lai (Falam)pamorpheme-khàt ‘one (number)’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

Lushai [Mizo]pà-khàt ‘one’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pá-khā ‘one’VanBik 09 PKC: 450

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Sorbungkʉdməjumráamorpheme kʰàt ‘finger width, one’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.356

Sorbungkʰáat ‘one’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Numbers.001

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)17

*Central Nagakhaj Bruhn 14 PCN: III.185

Ao (Chungli)ka¹ num.‘one’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.185

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)teprefix◦ra#6629 PTB *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’PKC *hraa ‘TEN’PCN *th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PTk *ra ‘TEN’-aprefix◦khat ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)aprefix◦khət ~ aprefix◦khət◦asuffix Coupe 07 Ao: 113

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)məɹitʃaŋmorpheme aprefix◦khət-khət ‘one thousand each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nuklàŋmorpheme aprefix◦khət-khət ‘one hundred each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thəprefix◦ɹa#6629 PTB *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’PKC *hraa ‘TEN’PCN *th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PTk *ra ‘TEN’-ɹə#6629 PTB *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’PKC *hraa ‘TEN’PCN *th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PTk *ra ‘TEN’ aprefix-khət-khət ‘eleven each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276

Lotha Nagaeprefix-kha timorpheme-zamorpheme num.‘eighty’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaeprefix-kha tomorpheme-kuʔ#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ num.‘ninety’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaeprefix-kha təmorpheme-jəŋmorpheme num.‘seventy’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-kha¹ num.‘one’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.185

Lotha Nagaēprefix◦khà ‘one’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦kha ‘one’Murry 78: 81

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦kha◦tizamorpheme ‘eighty’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamkhu◦tümorpheme ‘one’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtammükyü#2355 PTB *m-kul ‘TWENTY / ALL’PKC *kul ‘TWENTY’PCN *mu-kju ‘TWENTY’PTk *kul ‘TWENTY’-pümorpheme◦khü◦tumorpheme ‘twenty-one’Kumar 73 Sang

Yimchungrükhü◦langmorpheme ‘one’Kumar 73 Yim: 99

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Puironsom#4678 PKC *soom ‘TEN’◦khat◦tomorpheme ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiphài#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’ khàt ‘hundred’Matisoff 94 Rong

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiruh#6629 PTB *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’PKC *hraa ‘TEN’PCN *th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PTk *ra ‘TEN’◦namorpheme-aprefix◦khat ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiṛuu#6629 PTB *s-ra ‘TEN, TEEN’PKC *hraa ‘TEN’PCN *th-ra ‘(TIMES) TEN’PTk *ra ‘TEN’ nəmorpheme khàt ‘eleven’Matisoff 94 Rong

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiəprefix◦khàt ‘one’Matisoff 94 Rong

Zemekereuzemorpheme◦kat ‘eleven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Huishuse#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’-kɐ ‘hundred’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.017

Kachaiʃu#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’-kʰa ‘hundred’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.017

Tangkhulkhə ‘one’Bhat 69 TNV: 93

Ukhrulʃa#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’-kʰa ‘hundred’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulʃa#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’-kʰɐ ‘hundred’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulʔaprefix-kʰa ‘one’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulʔaprefix-kʰɐ ‘one’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬prefix-klaᴬ ‘one’French 83: 529

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsa (Yogli)sha#2258 PTB *b-r-gya ‘HUNDRED’PKC *yaa ‘HUNDRED’PTk *ʃa ‘HUNDRED’PNN *C̬-kʰya ‘HUNDRED’PKar *g-rjaᴬ ‘HUNDRED’◦kha ‘hundred’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchakát num.‘one’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Lepchakɑt ‘one’Chou 72: 394a-d

2.3Kiranti1

*Kiranti(ʔ)ka ‘one’Opgenort 11 Tilung

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Sunwarkā: ‘one’Hale 73 CSD: 01.011

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

MagarkaT ‘one’Hale 73 CSD: 01.011

MagarkāT bisemorpheme eghāramorpheme ‘thirty-one’Hale 73 CSD: 09.14

Magarsommorpheme burukmorpheme-omorpheme kaT burukmorpheme ‘third, one-’Hale 73 CSD: 09.37

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2301, *kat ‘ONE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2301

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

References: STC p.94

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2301,
  title  = {{*kat 'ONE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2301},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2301}
}