ruum ⪤ hruum

GROAN / GROWL / ROAR

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Chinese comparandum

闞 OC *χ̯ɑ̆m~*χɑm~*χɑ̂m, GSR #607d ‘roar, growl’; Schuessler 2007:530 *h(r)âmʔ or *hrə̂mʔ; Mand. xiǎn ~ hǎn.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinruum ⪤ hruum VanBik 09 PKC: 945

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)hrûum-I, hrǔum-II ‘groan, growl, roar’VanBik 09 PKC: 945

Lushai [Mizo]rǔum v‘groan, to moan, to sigh, to growl, to roar’VanBik 09 PKC: 945

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hrō v‘groan, to moan’VanBik 09 PKC: 945

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4945, *ruum ⪤ *hruum ‘GROAN / GROWL / ROAR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4945

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

References: PKC #945

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4945,
  title  = {{*ruum ⪤ *hruum 'GROAN / GROWL / ROAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4945},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4945}
}