*phaay

VALLEY / PLAINS

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphaay VanBik 09 PKC: 364

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitephai zang ‘valley’VanBik 09 PKC: 364

Thadopháay tsám ‘valley, plains’VanBik 09 PKC: 364

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Falam)phǎay ‘valley, vale’VanBik 09 PKC: 364

Lai (Hakha)phâay nèel ‘valley, vale’VanBik 09 PKC: 364

Lushai [Mizo]phái n‘valley, a vale, a dale, a plain surrounded by hills’VanBik 09 PKC: 364

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4364, *phaay ‘VALLEY / PLAINS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4364

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

References: PKC #364

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4364,
  title  = {{*phaay 'VALLEY / PLAINS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4364},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4364}
}