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STEDT #2303

*kaw

GRASSHOPPER / LOCUST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlekawinitialkrhymeaw=khawcoverK · WT

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*khaaw ‘GRASSHOPPER’PKC #445
Tangkhulic*kʰaw ‘GRASSHOPPER’DRM#390

Connections

HPTB*kaːw ‘grasshopper’p. 226

Reflexes & cognates29 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankaːw ‘grasshopper’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkhaaw ‘GRASSHOPPER’VanBik 09 PKC: 445

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumiáprefix◦khuu n.‘locust, grasshopper’VanBik 09 PKC: 445

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)khǎaw-bok ‘grasshopper’VanBik 09 PKC: 445
Lushai [Mizo]mímmorpheme khàu n‘name of an edible grasshopper’VanBik 09 PKC: 445

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tʃhaŋmorpheme◦kú n.‘grasshopper’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagakho³moŋ³morpheme n.‘grasshopper (common term)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagako◦mungmorpheme ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamkhingmorpheme◦khyu ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamkhingmorpheme◦khyu ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrütangmorpheme◦kho ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrütangmorpheme◦kho ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group8

Angami (Khonoma)teprefix◦ku ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)ku◦priemorpheme ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)teprefix◦ku ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriko ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriko ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmasemorpheme◦khu ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsemorpheme◦khvu ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]thlamorpheme◦ku ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group4

Liangmeinmorpheme-kou ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeinkou ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemetingmorpheme◦kau ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemetingmorpheme◦kau ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

*Tangkhulickʰaw ‘grasshopper’Mortensen 12 Tk: 390
Huishuʔamorpheme-kuŋmorpheme-kow ‘grasshopper’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.185
Tangkhulkhao ‘grasshopper’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulkhao ‘locust’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulkháw ‘grasshopper’Bhat 69 TNV: 90
Tusomkxɯ ‘grasshopper’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.185
Tusomkxɯ-prõmorpheme ‘grasshopper, giant’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.186
Ukhrulkʰaw ‘grasshopper’Mortensen 12 Tk

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2303, *kaw ‘GRASSHOPPER / LOCUST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2303
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PKN") cf. STC p.66, HPTB p.226
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2303,
  title  = {{*kaw 'GRASSHOPPER / LOCUST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2303},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2303}
}