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STEDT #4689

*shaaŋ-I, shaan-II

HIGH / TALL
Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinshaaŋ-I, shaan-II VanBik 09 PKC: 689

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Sizangsāng hī be v.‘high’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Thadosǎaŋ-I, sàan-II ‘high’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Tiddimsaːng² > saːn³ ‘high’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Tiddimsaːng² > saːn³ vi‘high’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1535
Tiddimsaːŋ²/saːn³ ‘receive, accept; be high’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Cho (Mindat)hlüng be v.‘high’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Khumiasaáng ‘tall, high, rise up’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Khumiəprefix◦sʰãn ‘tall’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 228
Matuḁprefix◦sʰãŋ ‘tall’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 228

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)sâaŋ-I, sǎan-II be v.‘high, tall’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Lai (Falam)sǎaŋ-I, sàan-II be v.‘high’VanBik 09 PKC: 689
Lushai [Mizo]sáang-I, sàan-II be v.‘high, to be lofty, to be tall’VanBik 09 PKC: 689

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]sà be v.‘high, tall’VanBik 09 PKC: 689

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungməmorpheme◦sáaŋ ‘high’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Verbs.003

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4689, *shaaŋ-I, shaan-II ‘HIGH / TALL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4689
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #689
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4689,
  title  = {{*shaaŋ-I, shaan-II 'HIGH / TALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4689},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4689}
}