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STEDT #309

*kaːl

BETWEEN / INTERVAL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kar ⪤ *kal ‘BETWEEN’PKC #259

Chinese comparandum

間 OC *kɑ̆n, GSR #191a-c; B & S 2011: *kˁren {kˁre[n]}; Mand. jiān, jiàn

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankaːl ‘between / interval’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkar ⪤ kal ‘BETWEEN’VanBik 09 PKC: 259

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitekimorpheme-kal ‘between’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Thadokìmorpheme-kàʔ ‘between’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Thadoʌ̄prefix◦káʔ làʔmorpheme ‘between’Thirumalai 72: 26
Tiddim-kaːl na‘in between’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimkaːl² ‘between’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Tiddimkaːl² ‘between’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 562

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)kâr ‘between, among’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Lai (Falam)kǎr ‘between, among’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Lushai [Mizo]kár n‘distance between, the space between, the interval between’VanBik 09 PKC: 259
Lushai [Mizo]kârah ‘between’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]kaːr-amorpheme ‘between’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 562

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Sangtamkala ‘between’Marrison 67 Naga

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)kɑ̆n/kɑ̆n ‘crevice / interstice;interval / space between’Karlgren 57 GSR: 191a-c

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #309, *kaːl ‘BETWEEN / INTERVAL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/309
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB p.422
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-309,
  title  = {{*kaːl 'BETWEEN / INTERVAL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #309},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/309}
}