*ŋaan

COBRA / POISONOUS SNAKE

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinŋaan VanBik 09 PKC: 848

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)ngan ‘coral snake, king snake’VanBik 09 PKC: 848

Khumitha(ng)ngaá(ng) ‘cobra of some sort (light-colored, extremely poisonous snake species)’VanBik 09 PKC: 848

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)ŋâan ‘king cobra, poisonous snake’VanBik 09 PKC: 848

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4848, *ŋaan ‘COBRA / POISONOUS SNAKE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4848

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

References: PKC #848

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4848,
  title  = {{*ŋaan 'COBRA / POISONOUS SNAKE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4848},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4848}
}