STEDT
STEDT #4447

*khe(e)n-I, khenʔ-II

HAMMER / HIT / STRIKE
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkhe(e)n-I, khenʔ-II VanBik 09 PKC: 447

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitekhen ‘pound’VanBik 09 PKC: 447
Thadokhèen-I, khèt-II ‘hit, strike (e.g. with hammer)’VanBik 09 PKC: 447
Tiddimkheːn³ > khet³ ‘nail in’VanBik 09 PKC: 447
Tiddimkheːn³ > khet³ v‘nail in’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 781
Tiddimkheːn³/khet³ ‘nail in’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)khen v‘nail down; to force it into by hammering on it’VanBik 09 PKC: 447

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Falam)khên-INV ‘hammer, pound’VanBik 09 PKC: 447
Lai (Hakha)khenʔ-INV ‘hammer, pound, strike’VanBik 09 PKC: 447

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]khāi ‘hammer, pound’VanBik 09 PKC: 447

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4447, *khe(e)n-I, khenʔ-II ‘HAMMER / HIT / STRIKE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4447
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #447
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4447,
  title  = {{*khe(e)n-I, khenʔ-II 'HAMMER / HIT / STRIKE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4447},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4447}
}