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STEDT #4519

*ʔeŋ-I, ʔen-II

YELLOW

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔeŋ-I, ʔen-II VanBik 09 PKC: 519

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Sizanga-eng ‘yellow’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

Thadoʔéŋ-I, ʔèn-II ‘green, yellow, blue’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

Tiddimeng² > en³ ‘yellow or green’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)ʔêŋ-I, ʔěn-II be v.‘yellow’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

Lai (Falam)ʔěŋ-I, ʔèn-II be v.‘yellow’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

Lushai [Mizo]ái#4504 PKC *ʔaay ‘SPICE / TURMERIC / YELLOW’ éng ‘turmeric ("yellow spice")’VanBik 09 PKC: 504

Lushai [Mizo]ai#4504 PKC *ʔaay ‘SPICE / TURMERIC / YELLOW’◦eng ‘turmeric’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]eng ‘yellow’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]éng ‘yellow’VanBik 09 PKC: 519

Lushai [Mizo]eng vi‘yellow’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2304

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4519, *ʔeŋ-I, ʔen-II ‘YELLOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4519

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

References: PKC #519

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4519,
  title  = {{*ʔeŋ-I, ʔen-II 'YELLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4519},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4519}
}