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STEDT #4475

*ʔii(t/n)

DESIRE / LOVE / COVET

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔiit VanBik 09 PKC: 475

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Sizangit hī ‘desire’VanBik 09 PKC: 475

Tiddimiːt¹ ‘love deeply (as a member of a family)’VanBik 09 PKC: 475

Tiddimiːt¹ v‘love deeply [e.g. members of a family]’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 535

Tiddimiːt¹ ‘love deeply’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimˉkĭmorpheme◦ˊiːt vpf+v‘love one another’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimˊiːt/ˋiːt v‘love’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]in ‘clasp one another and be reluctant to leave’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 126

Lushai [Mizo]in uai#1160 PTB *ŋ-(w)aːy ‘COPULATE / MAKE LOVE / LOVE / GENTLE’PKC *ŋaay ‘LOVE / LONG FOR’PNN *C̥-ŋuay ‘EASY’PKar *ʔai ‘LOVE’PKar *wɛ́ʔ ‘COPULATE’ ‘clasp one another and be reluctant to leave’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 126

Lushai [Mizo]ʔîit v‘desire, to want, to covet, to long for’VanBik 09 PKC: 475

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4475, *ʔii(t/n) ‘DESIRE / LOVE / COVET’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4475

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

References: cf. PKC #475

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4475,
  title  = {{*ʔii(t/n) 'DESIRE / LOVE / COVET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4475},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4475}
}