*lii

POOL / LAKE / POND

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Chinese comparandum

池 OC *d’iɑ, GSR #4t ‘pond, pool; moat’; Schuessler 2007:187 *d-lai; B & S 2011: *Cə.lraj; Mand. chí.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlii VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Sizangtuī lī ‘lake’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Thadolíi ‘pond, non-moving water’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Tiddimliː² ‘unmoving portion of a deep river’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Tiddimliː² ‘unmoving portion of a deep river’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 960

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)li be v.‘standing (for liquids)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)ti-lîi ‘pool, pond, lake’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Lai (Falam)ti-lǐi ‘pool, pond, lake’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Lushai [Mizo]lí n‘quiet, deep pool or reach (in a river)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Lushai [Mizo]li ‘deep pool (in a river)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 960

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tí-lì n‘deep pond or lake in a river’VanBik 09 PKC: 1039

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5039, *lii ‘POOL / LAKE / POND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5039

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

References: PKC #1039

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5039,
  title  = {{*lii 'POOL / LAKE / POND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5039},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5039}
}