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STEDT #2307

*d-kew

SCRATCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekewprefixdinitialkrhymeew~d-k(hsuffixkcoverK · VWT

Connections

HPTB*d-kew ‘scratch’p. 231

Notes

This root is called ‘Proto-Kuki-Naga’ in STC p. 68. The reconstructed d- prefix is apparently motivated by the Lakher (Mara) tśə- prefix.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]khei v‘pick out or dig out (as a thorn)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2559
Lushai [Mizo]kheuʔ~khei v.‘pick (as a sore), dig out (as a thorn)’Benedict 72 STC: p.68

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tśəmorpheme◦khei v.‘pick (as a sore), dig out (as a thorn)’Benedict 72 STC: p.68

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tusomkʰəmorpheme-təmorpheme-ku ‘scratch’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.113

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]armorpheme◦ke v‘scratch the soil for grain (birds)’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2307, *d-kew ‘SCRATCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2307
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PKN") STC p.68, HPTB p.231
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2307,
  title  = {{*d-kew 'SCRATCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2307},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2307}
}