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STEDT #5178

*waak-I, waʔ-II

WANDER / CRAWL / ROAM

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwaak-I, waʔ-II VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Sizangbok#4034 PKC *ɓok-I, ɓoʔ-II ‘LIE (face down) / PROSTRATE’ vāk hīmorpheme ‘crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Sizangbok#4034 PKC *ɓok-I, ɓoʔ-II ‘LIE (face down) / PROSTRATE’ vāk hīmorpheme ‘crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 34

Thadovâʔ-I, vàa-II ‘wander’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Tiddimvaːk² ‘roam, go out without any purpose, walk’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Tiddimvaːk¹ v‘roam; go out without any purpose’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1942

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashowauk ‘crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Cho (Mindat)ng-vak v‘crawl, to proceed on all fours (legs and hands), as baby’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Khumiavaa ‘crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)vaak-I, vaʔ-II ‘wander, roam, crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Lai (Falam)vâak-INV ‘wander, roam, crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Lushai [Mizo]vâak-I, vàh-II v‘wander about, to roam, to creep, to crawl’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]á váw v‘crawl on the belly’VanBik 09 PKC: 1178

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5178, *waak-I, waʔ-II ‘WANDER / CRAWL / ROAM’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5178

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

References: PKC #1178

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5178,
  title  = {{*waak-I, waʔ-II 'WANDER / CRAWL / ROAM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5178},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5178}
}