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STEDT #4187

*taay-maa

DILIGENT / ACTIVE
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Paitetai-ma ‘active’VanBik 09 PKC: 187

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Falam)tàay-mâak-INV be v.‘diligent, active (in doing sth)’VanBik 09 PKC: 187
Lai (Hakha)tây-màa-I ⪤ tâay-màa-I, tày-maak-II ⪤ tàay-maak-II be v.‘diligent’VanBik 09 PKC: 187

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tīa-má ‘diligent, industrious, energetic’VanBik 09 PKC: 187

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4187, *taay-maa ‘DILIGENT / ACTIVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4187
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #187
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4187,
  title  = {{*taay-maa 'DILIGENT / ACTIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4187},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4187}
}