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STEDT #5170

*waan

SKY / HEAVEN

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwaan VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Sizangvān ‘sky’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Thadovàan ‘sky’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Thadován ‘sky’Thirumalai 72: 54

Tiddimvaːn³ ‘sky’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Tiddimvaːn³ ‘sky’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1946

Tiddimˊvaŋ/ˋvan n‘sky / heaven’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimˋvaːn n‘sky / heaven’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Mkaangfaːn◦kʰɔ ‘sky’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 1

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)vǎan ‘sky, heaven’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Lai (Falam)vàan ‘sky, heaven’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Lushai [Mizo]vàan n‘sky, heaven’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Lushai [Mizo]vân ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]vaːn ‘sky’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1946

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]āprefix vā n‘sky, the heavens’VanBik 09 PKC: 1170

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5170, *waan ‘SKY / HEAVEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5170

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

References: PKC #1170

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5170,
  title  = {{*waan 'SKY / HEAVEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5170},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5170}
}