*maŋ-khooŋ

TRAP (falling log) / DEADFALL

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinmaŋ-khooŋ VanBik 09 PKC: 795

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)mâŋ khòoŋ ‘trap of beam or log which is set up to fall when an animal passes underneath’VanBik 09 PKC: 795

Lushai [Mizo]máng kháwng n‘trap for rats, etc. in which the victim is killed by a falling beam or log’VanBik 09 PKC: 795

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]mà-khý n‘name of a trap to kill animals by falling log’VanBik 09 PKC: 795

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4795, *maŋ-khooŋ ‘TRAP (falling log) / DEADFALL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4795

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

References: PKC #795

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4795,
  title  = {{*maŋ-khooŋ 'TRAP (falling log) / DEADFALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4795},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4795}
}