*krwap

RUSTLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*krwap ‘rustle’pp. 82, 338

Notes

This root bears some resemblance to #116 PTB *k(w)am THIRSTY / DRIED OUT, the common core of meaning perhaps residing in the dry sound made by fallen leaves.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankrwap ‘rustle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

*Tibeto-Burmankrwap ‘rustle’Benedict 72 STC: 243

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphokròp ‘rustle, as dry leaves; be dry, hoarse’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 381

Jingphokrop ‘rustle’Benedict 72 STC: 243

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)grwap-grwap ‘rustlingly’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khrwap ‘rustlingly’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 381

Burmese (Written)khrwap-khrwap ‘rustlingly’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khywat- ‘crackling, rustling’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krwap-krwap ‘rustlingly’Benedict 72 STC: 243

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2347, *krwap ‘RUSTLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2347

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

References: STC#243

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2347,
  title  = {{*krwap 'RUSTLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2347},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2347}
}