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STEDT #2622

*m-ruːk

STEAL
Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ruu-I, ruuk-II ‘STEAL’PKC #978

Connections

HPTB (PTB)*m-ruːk ‘steal’p. 80
See also*r-kəw ⪤ *hu ‘STEAL’

Notes

Unlike the most widespread root for this concept, #2365 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *hu STEAL, the present etymon seems to be confined to Kuki-Chin.

The putative Karenic cognates cited in STC p.144 now seem to belong rather with #2365 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *hu STEAL, in view of Luangthongkhum’s recent Proto-Karen reconstruction *howᴮ.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadogûu-I, gûʔ-II ‘steal’VanBik 09 PKC: 978

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)m-guk v‘steal stealthily’VanBik 09 PKC: 978
Khumipviiw ‘steal’VanBik 09 PKC: 978

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Falam)rûu-I, rûuk-II ‘steal’VanBik 09 PKC: 978
Lai (Hakha)ruuk-rùu-I, ruuk-ruuk-II ‘steal’VanBik 09 PKC: 978
Lushai [Mizo]rù-I, rûuk-II v‘steal, to thieve, to pilfer’VanBik 09 PKC: 978

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]rú-pámorpheme n‘thief’VanBik 09 PKC: 978
Lakher [Mara]²pə²ru v.‘steal’Weidert 87 TBTo: 305

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2622, *m-ruːk ‘STEAL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2622
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.144, HPTB p. 80
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2622,
  title  = {{*m-ruːk 'STEAL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2622},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2622}
}