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STEDT #4410

*thiam

SKILLFUL / ADROIT / KNOW-HOW
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Paitesiam ‘adroit, deft’VanBik 09 PKC: 410
Thadothîem-I, thìam-II ‘know how, able’VanBik 09 PKC: 410
Tiddimthiam¹ ‘be an expert’VanBik 09 PKC: 410

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)thîam-I, thǐam-II be v.‘skillful, be adroit, to know how’VanBik 09 PKC: 410
Lai (Falam)thíam-INV be v.‘skillful, be adroit’VanBik 09 PKC: 410
Lushai [Mizo]thǐam v‘know, to know how to, to be skilled, to understand how to’VanBik 09 PKC: 410

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]thái be v.‘skillful’VanBik 09 PKC: 410

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4410, *thiam ‘SKILLFUL / ADROIT / KNOW-HOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4410
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #410
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4410,
  title  = {{*thiam 'SKILLFUL / ADROIT / KNOW-HOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4410},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4410}
}