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STEDT #4784

*maŋ

RULER / CHIEF
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

This Kuki-Chin etymon is very likely related to the kinship term #2440 PTB *maŋ BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD, which refers to prestigious or older relatives. Cf. Lahu mɔ̂ ‘be old’, jɔ̂-mɔ̂ ‘chief, lord’.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)mang ‘rule, govern’VanBik 09 PKC: 784

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)mâŋ ‘chief, ruler’VanBik 09 PKC: 784
Lai (Falam)màŋ bǒoy ‘chief, ruler’VanBik 09 PKC: 784

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4784, *maŋ ‘RULER / CHIEF’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4784
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #784
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4784,
  title  = {{*maŋ 'RULER / CHIEF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4784},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4784}
}