*h(i/u)t

NUMB / ACHE / HURT

Notes

This rather sparsely attested but attractive root shows the widespread TB variational pattern between medial *-i- and *-u-.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.2.2Central Chin3

*Central Chinhit VanBik 09 PKC: 728

Lai (Hakha)hit-I, hiʔ-II be v.‘numb (as limb)’VanBik 09 PKC: 728

Lushai [Mizo]hìt-INV v‘ache (as with cold), to hurt (as when one knocks one's funny-bone’VanBik 09 PKC: 728

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulhut ‘numb’Bhat 69 TNV: 93

Ukhrulkəprefix-cimorpheme-hut be v.‘numb (leg, etc. due to sitting for a long time)’Mortensen 12 Tk

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4728, *h(i/u)t ‘NUMB / ACHE / HURT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4728

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

References: PKC #728 ("PCC")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4728,
  title  = {{*h(i/u)t 'NUMB / ACHE / HURT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4728},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4728}
}