waaŋ-I, waan-II ⪤ waak

LIGHT / SHINE

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwaaŋ-I, waan-II ⪤ waak VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Thadováʔ-I, vàʔ-II v‘shine as moon’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

Tiddim-vaːk/ˋvaːk v‘feed / light (a lamp)’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimkhuai²morpheme mei¹morpheme vaːk¹ ‘candle’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 832

Tiddimkhua²morpheme vaːk² ‘light’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 826

Tiddimmei¹morpheme vaːk¹ ‘lamp’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1095

Tiddimvaːk² ‘light a lamp’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

Tiddimvaːk² v‘light a lamp’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1943

Tiddimˉxɔ̆morpheme-vaːk n+vI‘light / brightness’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashoaprefix waˊˊ ‘light’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

Cho (Mindat)vai v‘shine as the moon’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

Khumiaprefix◦vang ‘bright, light, shine’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)vâaŋ-I, vǎan-II ‘light (e.g. candle, lamp), shine (strictly used for moon)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1159

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5159, *waaŋ-I, waan-II ⪤ *waak ‘LIGHT / SHINE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5159

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

References: PKC #1159

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5159,
  title  = {{*waaŋ-I, waan-II ⪤ *waak 'LIGHT / SHINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5159},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5159}
}