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STEDT #4798

*maŋ-I, man-II; hmaŋ-I, hman-II

USE / USED TO
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinmaŋ-I, man-II; hmaŋ-I, hman-II VanBik 09 PKC: 798

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadomáŋ-I, màn-II ‘use’VanBik 09 PKC: 798

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)mang v‘utilise, to use (s.th.) with advantage’VanBik 09 PKC: 798
Khumimang ‘use (an exhaustible resource, e.g. rice, paper, money, etc.)’VanBik 09 PKC: 798

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hmâŋ-I, hmǎn-II ‘use, used to, be in the habit of (aux. verb)’VanBik 09 PKC: 798
Lai (Falam)hmǎŋ-I, hmàn-II ‘use’VanBik 09 PKC: 798
Lushai [Mizo]hmáng-I, hmân-II v‘use to good effect, to put to main use’VanBik 09 PKC: 798

1.2.3Maraic1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4798, *maŋ-I, man-II; hmaŋ-I, hman-II ‘USE / USED TO’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4798
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #798
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4798,
  title  = {{*maŋ-I, man-II; hmaŋ-I, hman-II 'USE / USED TO'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4798},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4798}
}