*liŋ

ROLL UP / CURL UP

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinliŋ VanBik 09 PKC: 1047

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimling³ ‘curly as hair (of some chickens)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1047

Tiddimling³ > lit³ vi‘curly as hair [of some chicken]’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 957

Tiddimliŋ³/lit³ ‘curly as hair ...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)lîŋ-I, lǐn-II ‘roll up, curl up (used mainly for hair)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1047

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5047, *liŋ ‘ROLL UP / CURL UP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5047

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

References: PKC #1047

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5047,
  title  = {{*liŋ 'ROLL UP / CURL UP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5047},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5047}
}