*klaw

DIG OUT / WEED / HOE (v.)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*khlaw ‘WEED (v.) / HOE (v.) / PLOUGH’PKC #1308

Connections

HPTB*klaw ‘dig out / weed (v.)’pp. 23, 225

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanklaw v‘dig out / weed’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

*Tibeto-Burmanklaw ‘dig out / weed’Benedict 72 STC: 269

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkhlaw ‘WEED (v.) / HOE (v.) / PLOUGH’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitekhou v‘hoe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Thadohlôw-I, hlòo-II ‘weed, hoe, cultivate, plow’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Tiddimkhou¹ >x kho?³ v‘hoe; farm’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 810

Tiddimkhou¹ >x khoʔ³ ‘hoe, farm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Tiddimkhou¹/khoʔ³ ‘hoe, farm’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumilaw ‘weed, cut grass’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)thlâw-I, thloʔ-II v‘weed, hoe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Lai (Falam)thláw-I, thlòʔ-II v‘weed, hoe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Lushai [Mizo]thlǒ-I, thlàwh-II v‘weed, clear of weeds, to till’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

Lushai [Mizo]thlou v.‘weed’Benedict 72 STC: 269

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]thlyú v‘weed, to hoe weeds’VanBik 09 PKC: 1308

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphokrau ‘dig out, as worm's / a bee's nest from a hollow tree’Benedict 72 STC: 269

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2317, *klaw ‘DIG OUT / WEED / HOE (v.)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2317

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

References: cf. STC#269, HPTB p.23, 225

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2317,
  title  = {{*klaw 'DIG OUT / WEED / HOE (v.)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2317},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2317}
}