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STEDT #4793

*maay-mom

SPIDER
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

The second syllable of this binome bears a fortuitous similarity to the second syllable of Thai məlɛɛŋ-mum ‘spider’, literally “corner bug.”

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitemai-mom ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Sizangmom ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Thadomôm ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Tiddimmaːi² mom¹ ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Tiddimmaːi² mom¹ ‘spider’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1064
Tiddimmom¹ pi¹morpheme ‘webless spider’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1130

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Falam)máay-môm ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Lai (Hakha)mǎay-momʔ ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Lushai [Mizo]mǎi màwm ‘spider’VanBik 09 PKC: 793
Lushai [Mizo]maimawm ‘spider’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4793, *maay-mom ‘SPIDER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4793
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #793
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4793,
  title  = {{*maay-mom 'SPIDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4793},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4793}
}