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STEDT #5137

*wuuy

BURY
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadovúuy-I, vùy-II ‘bury’VanBik 09 PKC: 1137
Tiddimvuːi² ‘bury the dead’VanBik 09 PKC: 1137
Tiddimvuːi² v‘bury the dead’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1972
Tiddimvuːi² ‘bury the dead; be powdery’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)vui v‘cover up with earth/soil’VanBik 09 PKC: 1137

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)vûy-I, vǔy-II ‘bury’VanBik 09 PKC: 1137
Lushai [Mizo]vúi v‘bury, inter, dispose of (the dead) in any manner’VanBik 09 PKC: 1137

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5137, *wuuy ‘BURY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5137
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #1137
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5137,
  title  = {{*wuuy 'BURY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5137},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5137}
}