*ɗeʔ

SQUASH / PRESS

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɗeʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 107

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadodèe-INV ‘squash, press (as head louse)’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)deh v‘look for and kill head lice (i.e. to press and kill lice)’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

Khumidi ‘press with fingernail’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)deʔ-INV ‘squash, press down (e.g. lice)’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

Lai (Falam)dèʔ-INV v‘press down’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

Lushai [Mizo]dèh v‘kill (fleas, lice, ticks etc) with or on the fingernail’VanBik 09 PKC: 107

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4107, *ɗeʔ ‘SQUASH / PRESS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4107

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

References: PKC #107

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4107,
  title  = {{*ɗeʔ 'SQUASH / PRESS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4107},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4107}
}