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STEDT #4649

*saay

ELEPHANT
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Kuki-Chinsai◦haphumorpheme ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Haokip 98: 3.10.6
Sizangsai ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649
Thadosáay ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649
Tiddim-saːi n‘elephant’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimsaːi ‘elephant’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 143
Tiddimsaːi² ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649
Tiddimsaːi² ‘elephant’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1524

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Khumiksáay ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649
Khumikᵊsʰáːⁱ ‘elephant’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 65
Khumikᵊsʰáːⁱ.homorpheme ‘elephant tusk’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 66

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)sâay ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649
Lai (Falam)sǎay ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]māmorpheme-sīa ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 649

1.2.4“Old Kuki”3

Kom Remsəi◦puimorpheme həmorpheme ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.10.6
Sorbungsai ‘elephant’Brown 37 Indo
Sorbungʔəprefix-sái ‘elephant’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.091

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringsai ‘elephant’Brown 37 Indo
Maringsai ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4649, *saay ‘ELEPHANT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4649
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #649
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4649,
  title  = {{*saay 'ELEPHANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4649},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4649}
}