*hnem

MANY / MUCH

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhnem VanBik 09 PKC: 897

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadonêm-I, nèm-II ‘dense, able to contain lots of things, e.g. a basket’VanBik 09 PKC: 897

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)ṭha-hnèm-I, ṭhat-hněm-II be v.‘useful’VanBik 09 PKC: 897

Lai (Falam)ṭha-hnêm-INV be v.‘useful’VanBik 09 PKC: 897

Lushai [Mizo]hnêm ‘many, much’VanBik 09 PKC: 897

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4897, *hnem ‘MANY / MUCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4897

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

References: PKC #897

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4897,
  title  = {{*hnem 'MANY / MUCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4897},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4897}
}