*hlet

EXIT / BACKDOOR

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhlet VanBik 09 PKC: 1106

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)hlet ‘back-door, exit (of a den), outlet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1106

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)hlet n‘secret exit (of a mouse or a rat), backdoor’VanBik 09 PKC: 1106

Lushai [Mizo]hlèt n‘secret exit from the burrow, e.g. of a rat, by which it can escape when attacked by an enemy from the main entrance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1106

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5106, *hlet ‘EXIT / BACKDOOR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5106

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

References: PKC #1106

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5106,
  title  = {{*hlet 'EXIT / BACKDOOR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5106},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5106}
}