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STEDT #4703

*ho(o)l

CHARCOAL

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Notes

VanBik (2009) sets up a PKC binome may-ho(o)l, with the first element meaning ‘fire’.

This root bears some resemblance to #694 PTB *hul ⪤ *hwa(ː)l HEAT UP / BURN, one of a large number of co-allofams of the complex word family #6713 PTB *(p/b/h)(w/y)a(ː)(r/l/n/t) FIRE / BURN / SHINE / BRIGHT / LIGHT / WHITE.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinho(o)l VanBik 09 PKC: 703

*Chinmay#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’-ho(o)l ‘CHARCOAL / COAL’VanBik 09 PKC: 757

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)(mây)#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’-hò(o)l ‘charcoal’VanBik 09 PKC: 703

Lai (Falam)mày#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’-hól ‘charcoal’VanBik 09 PKC: 757

Lai (Hakha)mây#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’-hòol ‘charcoal’VanBik 09 PKC: 757

Lushai [Mizo]hǎwl ‘charcoal, the burnt part of the wick of a lamp or a candle’VanBik 09 PKC: 703

Lushai [Mizo]měi#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’ hǎwl ‘charcoal’VanBik 09 PKC: 757

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]méi#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’-héi ‘charcoal, coal’VanBik 09 PKC: 757

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4703, *ho(o)l ‘CHARCOAL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4703

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

References: PKC #703

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4703,
  title  = {{*ho(o)l 'CHARCOAL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4703},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4703}
}