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STEDT #4066

*ɗaay

CALM / COOL / QUIET / SILENT

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɗaay VanBik 09 PKC: 66

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitedai ‘silent’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Sizangdai tuī#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ ‘dew’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Sizangdai tuī#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ ‘dew’VanBik 09 PKC: 75

Thadodàay-I, dày-II ‘calm down, abate’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Tiddimdaːi³ > daiʔ³ ‘quiet’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)dǎay-I, dayʔ-II ‘calm, quiet’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Lai (Falam)dàay-I, dáyʔ-II ‘calm, quiet’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Lushai [Mizo]dai ‘cold’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]dài-I, dàih-II v‘become cool, or cold, to quiet down’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]dīa ‘cool’VanBik 09 PKC: 66

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4066, *ɗaay ‘CALM / COOL / QUIET / SILENT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4066

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

References: PKC #66

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4066,
  title  = {{*ɗaay 'CALM / COOL / QUIET / SILENT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4066},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4066}
}