Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups
1.2Kuki-Chin1
*Chinnu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’-ŋaak ⪤ ŋaak-nuu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ VanBik 09 PKC: 862
1.2.1.1Northern Chin2
1.2.2Central Chin1
Lai (Hakha)nu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’-ŋaak ⪤ ŋaak-nǔu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘belle, unmarried woman’VanBik 09 PKC: 862
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #4862,
*nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4862Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #818, #862
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4862,
title = {{*nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu 'MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4862},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4862}
}