*phuay

FRAY / RUB / SCRATCH

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphuay VanBik 09 PKC: 341

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimphuai² ‘scratch severely with nails, crumple, pinch hard’VanBik 09 PKC: 341

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]phúai ‘fray, rubbed thin (as rope with chafing), worn out’VanBik 09 PKC: 341

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4341, *phuay ‘FRAY / RUB / SCRATCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4341

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

References: PKC #341

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4341,
  title  = {{*phuay 'FRAY / RUB / SCRATCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4341},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4341}
}