*puy

AUGMENTATIVE

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpuy VanBik 09 PKC: 120

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Thadopîi ‘great (e.g. khúo pîi 'main city')’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

Tiddimpi¹ ‘augmentative marker, (e.g. ni1 pi1 'sunday')’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)pîi ‘augmentative ("main, big", e.g. ni-pîi 'big day')’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

Lai (Falam)píi ‘augmentative’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

Lushai [Mizo]pǔi ‘augmentative marker (e.g. káwng pǔi 'main road')’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]khì#2773 PTB *r/g-wa ‘VILLAGE’PKC *khua ‘COSMOS / VILLAGE / ATMOSPHERE’-pí n‘large village, a city, a large village, the abode of the real chief’VanBik 09 PKC: 120

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4120, *puy ‘AUGMENTATIVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4120

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

References: PKC #120

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4120,
  title  = {{*puy 'AUGMENTATIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4120},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4120}
}