*merʔ

TWIST / PINCH / SQUEEZE

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinmerʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 796

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Paitemek ‘squeeze’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

Sizangmeak hī ‘twist’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

Thadoméʔ-I, mèʔ-II ‘press out, exude, ooze’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumimieé ‘twist, wring out (water from cloth)’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)merʔ-INV ‘twist, pinch, squeeze’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

Lai (Falam)mèrʔ-INV ‘pinch, squeeze’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]chā-mì v‘twist’VanBik 09 PKC: 796

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4796, *merʔ ‘TWIST / PINCH / SQUEEZE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4796

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

References: PKC #796

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4796,
  title  = {{*merʔ 'TWIST / PINCH / SQUEEZE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4796},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4796}
}