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STEDT #4903

*hnuay

RUB / CRUMPLE / TWIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hnuay ‘RUB / CRUMPLE / TWIST’
Northern Naga/Konyakian*nuaːy ‘RUB’

Notes

There are three similar roots in this semantic area, all possibly related. Cf. #4819 PTB *s-nwat MOP / RUB / WIPE and #2512 PTB *s-nu(l/r) RUB AGAINST / GRAZE / TOUCH.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadonúoy-I, nwòy-II ‘rub, rub against’VanBik 09 PKC: 903
Tiddimnuai² v‘crumple; twist the ear’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1258
Tiddimnuai² ‘crumple, twist the ear’Bhaskararao 94 TCV
Tiddimnuai¹ ‘crumple, twist the ear’VanBik 09 PKC: 903

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumiknáwy ‘rub (one's eyes), crumple up, crush into pieces’VanBik 09 PKC: 903

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hnûay-I, hnǔay-II ‘crumple, rub, twist’VanBik 09 PKC: 903
Lushai [Mizo]nuai v‘rub; brush; blow about violently’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2743
Lushai [Mizo]nuai v‘rub; blow about violently’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2744

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Rengmanrhi v‘rub’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group4

Zemenui v‘rub’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemenui v‘wipe’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeneu v‘wipe’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Ukhrulkəprefix-ʃimorpheme-nuj ‘rub into a ball’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang3

Phomnoi v‘rub’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomnoy⁵⁵ ‘squeeze / rub on body’Burling 98 Phom

2.1.4Tamangish3

Manang (Gyaru)nᴇː³ basuffix V‘rub’Nagano 84 Man: 203
Tamang (Sahu)'naih-pa v.‘rub (vigorously)’Taylor 72 TmVo: 20.19.1
Tamang (Sahu)⁴nai ‘massage / to rub (vigorously’Mazaudon 94 These: 544

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4903, *hnuay ‘RUB / CRUMPLE / TWIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4903
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #903
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4903,
  title  = {{*hnuay 'RUB / CRUMPLE / TWIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4903},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4903}
}