*lian-II, lianʔ-II

BIG / LARGE

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlian-II, lianʔ-II VanBik 09 PKC: 992

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Sizangaprefix līen ‘big’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Thadolìen-I, lyèt-II ‘big’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Tiddimlian³ > liat³ or let³ ‘big’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoʻlén ‘big’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Khumilieng ‘big, large, increase in size, grow’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Falam)lìan-I, lîan-II ‘big, large’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Lai (Hakha)lǐan-I, lianʔ-II ‘big, large’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Lushai [Mizo]lìan-I, lên-II be v.‘large, big, great, bulky’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]lāi ‘big, large’VanBik 09 PKC: 992

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4992, *lian-II, lianʔ-II ‘BIG / LARGE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4992

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

References: PKC #992

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4992,
  title  = {{*lian-II, lianʔ-II 'BIG / LARGE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4992},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4992}
}