*kalʔ

TRANSVERSE / BOLT (shut) / CONTRADICT

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkalʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 318

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitekalh ‘adverse, bolt’VanBik 09 PKC: 318

Tiddimkalʔ³ ‘bolt and lock’VanBik 09 PKC: 318

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)kalʔ-INV ‘bolt, contradict, entangle’VanBik 09 PKC: 318

Lai (Falam)kàlʔ-INV ‘bolt, negate’VanBik 09 PKC: 318

Lushai [Mizo]kàlh be v.‘locked or fastened (as door, box, etc); to put a stick of firewood, pestle, etc. across a door to show that the inmates are not at home’VanBik 09 PKC: 318

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4318, *kalʔ ‘TRANSVERSE / BOLT (shut) / CONTRADICT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4318

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

References: PKC #318

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4318,
  title  = {{*kalʔ 'TRANSVERSE / BOLT (shut) / CONTRADICT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4318},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4318}
}