*sha-kuʔ

PORCUPINE

Notes

The first syllable of this binome is from #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL, a common prefix to animal names in Kuki-Chin.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsha-kuʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 305

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Sizangsa kū ‘porcupine’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

Tiddimsa¹ ku?³ ‘porcupine’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1492

Tiddimsa¹kuʔ³ ‘porcupine’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoaprefix-kuˊˊ ‘porcupine’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

Cho (Mindat)kuh ‘porcupine’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)sa-kuʔ ‘porcupine ("porcupine animal")’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

Lushai [Mizo]sa-kùh n‘porcupine, a quill (of porcupine)’VanBik 09 PKC: 305

Lushai [Mizo]sa-kuh ‘porcupine’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1492

Lushai [Mizo]sakuh ‘porcupine’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungsə-kúu ‘porcupine’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.082

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringserkhu ‘porcupine’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4305, *sha-kuʔ ‘PORCUPINE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4305

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

References: PKC #305

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4305,
  title  = {{*sha-kuʔ 'PORCUPINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4305},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4305}
}