*kroy

SHELLFISH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekroyinitialkrrhymeoycoverK · W

Connections

HPTB*kroy ‘shellfish’p. 228

Chinese comparandum

蝸 OC *kwɑ, GSR #18c ‘snail’; Coblin 86:135 ST *kwroy > OC *kwrar; Schuessler 2007:515 *krôj~*C-rôj; B & S 2011: *k.rˁoj (dial. › *kˁroj); Mand. wō, guā.
螺 OC (*lwɑ̂r), GSR (not in #577) ‘snail’; Schuessler 2007:515 *krôj~*C-rôj; B & S 2011: *k.rˁoj; Mand. luó.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankwroy ‘snail / shellfish’Coblin 86: 135

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmankroy ‘shell / shellfish’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 088

*Tibeto-Burmankroy ‘shellfish’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

*Tibeto-Burmankroy ‘shellfish, shell’Benedict 72 STC: 311

*Tibeto-Burmankroy (*A) ‘snail / shellfish’Coblin 86: 135

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphokhoi ‘shellfish, shell’Benedict 72 STC: 311

Jingphokhoi ‘shellfish, shell’Coblin 86: 135

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mianchi)pæŋ³⁵loanword-khɚ̀ ‘freshwater clam [b-m]’Evans 99 Qiang: 462

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)krwe ‘sp. of shellfish, cowrie’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 94

Burmese (Written)krwe ‘shellfish, cowry’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krwe ‘shellfish, shell’Benedict 72 STC: 311

Burmese (Written)krwe ‘shellfish, shell’Coblin 86: 135

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2340, *kroy ‘SHELLFISH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2340

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

References: cf. STC#311, HPTB p. 228

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2340,
  title  = {{*kroy 'SHELLFISH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2340},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2340}
}