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STEDT #5263

*klaaŋ

HILL / MOUNTAIN
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

This root is possibly related to #3581 PTB *s-gaŋ MOUNTAIN / RIDGE / HILL.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitetaang ‘hill’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263
Thadohláaŋ ‘mountain, mountain range’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Ashokyan n‘mountain, hill’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)tlâaŋ ‘hill, mountain’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263
Lai (Falam)tlǎaŋ ‘hill, mountain’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263
Lushai [Mizo]tláang n‘mountain, a hill’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263
Lushai [Mizo]tlâng ‘mountain’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tlà n‘mountain, a hill’VanBik 09 PKC: 1263

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5263, *klaaŋ ‘HILL / MOUNTAIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5263
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #1263
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5263,
  title  = {{*klaaŋ 'HILL / MOUNTAIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5263},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5263}
}