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STEDT #4698

*hooŋ

BARK (of tree) / COVER / SHELL
Proto-Kuki-Chin

Notes

This etymon is so far only attested in Kuki-Chin.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimho:ng2 ‘bark (of a tree)’VanBik 09 PKC: 698
Tiddimhoːng² ‘bark (of a tree)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 491

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hôoŋ ‘bark (of tree), cover, shell’Van Bik, K. 95 Lai: 698
Lai (Falam)hǒoŋ ‘bark, cover, shell’VanBik 09 PKC: 698
Lushai [Mizo]háwng ‘bark, shell (as of eggs, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 698

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hỳ n‘shell of an egg, the bark of a tree’VanBik 09 PKC: 698

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4698, *hooŋ ‘BARK (of tree) / COVER / SHELL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4698
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #698
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4698,
  title  = {{*hooŋ 'BARK (of tree) / COVER / SHELL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4698},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4698}
}