*krəy

DIRT / FILTH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*kləy ‘excrement’pp. 21, 189, 201

HPTB*d-ri(y) ‘dirt / filth / ordure / stench’pp. 145, 193

Notes

This root is phonosemantically close to #572 PTB *kləy BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT, but must be kept separate, since many languages have distinct reflexes.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankriy ‘dirt, dirty’Benedict 72 STC: 460

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Angami Naga²keprefix⁵rhie ‘dirt (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 893

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphokhəmorpheme◦grəwi ‘dirt, filth’Benedict 72 STC: 460

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanaurikri ‘dirt, dirty’Benedict 72 STC: 460

Theborkri ‘dirt, dirty’Benedict 72 STC: 460

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦krè ‘dirt, filth’Benedict 72 STC: 460

Burmese (Written)krê ‘dirt / filth’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 283

Burmese (Written)krê ‘dirty, filthy ( = gyâñ ) ; ( cf. khyê, kyu' )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krè vs.‘dirty, filthy’Benedict 72 STC: 460

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2336, *krəy ‘DIRT / FILTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2336

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

References: STC#460

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2336,
  title  = {{*krəy 'DIRT / FILTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2336},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2336}
}