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STEDT #5140

*wut

COLD / CHILLY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*wot ‘COLD / CHILLY’

Notes

This root is so far best established for PKC, but there is a promising Tujia comparandum.

This etymon bears some resemblance to #3554 PTB *s-pʷal SNOW / ICE / FROST / HAIL, although they seem quite separate.

The Tibetan (Alike) form wat looks like this root, but the final -t is evidently the reflex of Proto-Bodic -l (cf. Tibetan (Amdo, Xiahe) wal).

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadovòt-INV ‘cold (freezing cold)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1140

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumisəmorpheme◦váⁱ ‘cold’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 251

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]vâwt (long vowel) ⪤ vàwt (short vowel)-I, vàwh-II be v.‘cold, to be chilly’VanBik 09 PKC: 1140

5Tujia4

Tujia (Northern)wu2qi1morpheme n.‘cold (one)’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)wu2qi1morphemeqi1morpheme vi.‘very cold’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)wu²qi¹morpheme ‘cold one’Brassett 06 Tujia: 6.3
Tujia (Northern)wu²qi¹morphemeqi¹morpheme be v.‘very cold’Brassett 06 Tujia: 6.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5140, *wut ‘COLD / CHILLY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5140
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #1140
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5140,
  title  = {{*wut 'COLD / CHILLY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5140},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5140}
}