*phuak-I, phuaʔ-II

COMPOSE / NAME (v.) / MAKE UP

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphuak-I, phuaʔ-II VanBik 09 PKC: 331

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Paitephuak ‘compose’VanBik 09 PKC: 331

Tiddimphuak¹ > phua?³ v‘name; invent a lie’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1474

Tiddimphuak¹ > phuaʔ³ ‘name, invent a lie’VanBik 09 PKC: 331

Tiddimphuak¹/phuaʔ³ ‘name, invent a lie’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)phuaʔ-INV ‘compose, create, make up (things)’VanBik 09 PKC: 331

Lai (Falam)phùaʔ-INV ‘compose, create (e.g. a song)’VanBik 09 PKC: 331

Lushai [Mizo]phùah v‘compose, to make up’VanBik 09 PKC: 331

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4331, *phuak-I, phuaʔ-II ‘COMPOSE / NAME (v.) / MAKE UP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4331

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

References: PKC #331

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4331,
  title  = {{*phuak-I, phuaʔ-II 'COMPOSE / NAME (v.) / MAKE UP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4331},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4331}
}