*krap

SHELL / SHIELD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Connections

Allofams

7a #783 *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’
7b #5516 *krap ‘SHELL / SHIELD’

Notes

See also #783 PTB *kwap SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL for a phono-semantically similar but probably distinct root.

Chinese comparandum

甲 OC *kɑp ‘shell’, GSR #629a; B & S 2011: *kˁrap {[k]ˁr[a]p}; Mand. jiǎ.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 2 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankrap ‘shell / shield’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 596

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)khrab ‘coat of mail’Sun J 85 TbGl: 144

Tibetan (Written)khrab ‘shield, coat of mail, fish scales’Coblin 86: 563

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5516, *krap ‘SHELL / SHIELD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5516

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 342

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5516,
  title  = {{*krap 'SHELL / SHIELD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5516},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5516}
}