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STEDT #5139

*waat

CLEAR (jungle) / CUT (jungle)
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadovâat-I, vàat-II ‘clear jungle, or forest’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139
Tiddimvaːt¹ ‘clear shrubs and weeds with a long sword or stick’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139
Tiddimvaːt¹ v‘clear shrubs and weeds with a long sword or stick’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1947

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Falam)vâat-I, vàat-II ‘clear or cut (jungle, forest)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139
Lai (Hakha)vaat-I, vaʔ-II ‘clear or cut (jungle, forest)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139
Lushai [Mizo]vâat-I, vàh-II v‘cut (jhoom)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]váw ⪤ vá v‘cut a jungle’VanBik 09 PKC: 1139

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5139, *waat ‘CLEAR (jungle) / CUT (jungle)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5139
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #1139
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5139,
  title  = {{*waat 'CLEAR (jungle) / CUT (jungle)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5139},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5139}
}