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STEDT #508

*di

FINGERNAIL
Proto-Kiranti

Reconstruction analysis

handlediinitialdrhymeicoverT · V

Notes

This root has so far only been found in Kiranti. There is a possible connection with #4107 PKC *ɗeʔ SQUASH / PRESS; see e.g. Khumi di ‘press with fingernail’.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #508, *di ‘FINGERNAIL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/508
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-508,
  title  = {{*di 'FINGERNAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #508},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/508}
}