*wial

CURL UP / ENTWINE

Notes

This etymon strongly resembles #5138 PKC *weel CIRCLE / GO (round), and should probably be considered an allofam of it. See also #2060 PTB *wal ROUND / CIRCULAR.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwial VanBik 09 PKC: 1141

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadovíel-I, vìel-II ‘encircle, turn around’VanBik 09 PKC: 1141

Tiddimvial³ > vial?³ v‘entwine [e.g. a snake]’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1957

Tiddimvial³ >vialh³ ‘entwine (e.g. snake)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1141

Tiddimvial³/vialʔ³ ‘entwine [eg. a snake]’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]víal v‘curl up, to coil, to encircle (as snake, etc.), to twist about, to be looped’VanBik 09 PKC: 1141

Lushai [Mizo]vial v‘curl up; coil; encircle (as a snake)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 3091

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5141, *wial ‘CURL UP / ENTWINE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5141

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

References: PKC #1141

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5141,
  title  = {{*wial 'CURL UP / ENTWINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5141},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5141}
}