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STEDT #4368

*phuu

WORTHY / EXPEDIENT
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Paitephu ‘expedient’VanBik 09 PKC: 368

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)phûu-I, phuut-II be v.‘worthy, be expedient’VanBik 09 PKC: 368
Lai (Falam)phǔu-INV be v.‘worthy, be expedient’VanBik 09 PKC: 368
Lushai [Mizo]phú be v.‘worthy, to deserve, to merit, to suit, to be fitting’VanBik 09 PKC: 368

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]phù be v.‘worth’VanBik 09 PKC: 368

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4368, *phuu ‘WORTHY / EXPEDIENT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4368
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #368
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4368,
  title  = {{*phuu 'WORTHY / EXPEDIENT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4368},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4368}
}