*khawʔ

STURDY / RIGID / STRONG / TOUGH

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkhawʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 460

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitekhauh ‘tough’VanBik 09 PKC: 460

Tiddimkhau?³ vi‘stiff; strong; rigid’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 729

Tiddimkhauʔ³ ‘stiff, strong, rigid’VanBik 09 PKC: 460

Tiddimkhauʔ³ ‘stiff, strong, rigid’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimˍxauʔ/ˍxauʔ v‘stiff / strong / rigid’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumikhaaw ‘sturdy, strong’VanBik 09 PKC: 460

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)khawʔ-INV be v.‘hard, be sturdy, be tough, strong, stiff’VanBik 09 PKC: 460

Lushai [Mizo]khaoh vi‘stiff; inflexible; strong’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2549

Lushai [Mizo]khàuh ‘stiff, inflexible, strong (as current, mind, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 460

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4460, *khawʔ ‘STURDY / RIGID / STRONG / TOUGH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4460

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

References: PKC #460

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4460,
  title  = {{*khawʔ 'STURDY / RIGID / STRONG / TOUGH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4460},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4460}
}