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STEDT #2512

*s-nu(l/r)

RUB AGAINST / GRAZE / TOUCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin(a) *nuul ‘RUB / BRUSH / WIPE’PKC #830
Kuki-Chin(b) *hnor ⪤ *hnur ‘GRAZE / RUB / TOUCH’

Connections

HPTB*nuːl ‘rub / wear down’pp. 417, 426

Notes

There are three similar roots in this semantic area, all possibly related. Cf. #4819 PTB *s-nwat MOP / RUB / WIPE and #4903 PTB *hnuay RUB / CRUMPLE / TWIST.

Chinese comparandum

Comment:: Cf. 揉 róu, comparandum for #2510 PTB *now TENDER / SOFT.

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmannuːl ‘rub / wear down’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 605
*Tibeto-Burmannuːl ‘rub / rub against’Benedict 72 STC: 365

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Galonen◦namsuffix vt.‘rub’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonər◦namsuffix vt.‘rub’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonər◦namsuffix vt.‘rub (with tool)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonər◦namsuffix vt.‘wipe (with tool)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonər◦puumorpheme vt.‘rub off’GLDC 09 Galo

1.1.2Deng1

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinhnor ⪤ hnur ‘GRAZE / RUB / TOUCH’VanBik 09 PKC: 892
*Chinnuul ‘RUB / BRUSH / WIPE’VanBik 09 PKC: 830

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Sizangnawk hīmorpheme ‘rub’VanBik 09 PKC: 892
Thadonôʔ-I, nòʔ-II ‘rub’VanBik 09 PKC: 892
Thadonùu-INV ‘rub (e.g. ointment on skin), smear’VanBik 09 PKC: 830
Tiddimnuːl² ‘wipe’VanBik 09 PKC: 830
Tiddimnuːl² ‘wipe’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Falam)hnǒr-I, hnòr-II ‘graze, rub, touch’VanBik 09 PKC: 892
Lai (Hakha)hnûr-I, hnǔr-II ⪤ hnôr-I, hnǒr-II ‘graze, rub, touch’VanBik 09 PKC: 892
Lushai [Mizo]núul v‘rub against, to brush past’VanBik 09 PKC: 830
Lushai [Mizo]nuːl v‘rub against; brush past’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2741
Lushai [Mizo]nuːl ‘brush past, rub against’Benedict 72 STC: 365

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hnáo v‘rub against’VanBik 09 PKC: 892

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Maramnü v‘rub’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Ukhrulkʰəprefix-nur ‘rub against a stone’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garonol ‘rub, knead’Benedict 72 STC: 365

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphogaprefix◦nun v‘rub’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphokəprefix◦nun ‘rub’Benedict 72 STC: 365
Jingphoməprefix◦nun ‘rub with the fingers’Benedict 72 STC: 365
Jingphonun vs.‘worn, threadbare’Benedict 72 STC: 365

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangnulh- vt.‘rub and roll on ground, rocking and pressing (as when washing clothes); root (pig)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2512, *s-nu(l/r) ‘RUB AGAINST / GRAZE / TOUCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2512
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#365, PKC #892
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2512,
  title  = {{*s-nu(l/r) 'RUB AGAINST / GRAZE / TOUCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2512},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2512}
}