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STEDT #5555

*krəw

THREAD / STRING / PLAIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tamangish*ᴮɕu ‘STRING (beads)’

Notes

This etymology is due to Gong (2001:25).

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankrəw ‘thread / string / plait’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 596

2.1.4Tamangish5

*TGTMᴮɕu ‘string (flowers, beads)’Mazaudon 94 These: 989
Tamang (Risiangku)²sju v‘string (beads...)’Mazaudon 94 These: 989
Tamang (Sahu)²sju ‘string (beads)’Mazaudon 94 These: 989
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁵'⁴⁴ɕuː-wʌ ‘string (beads’Mazaudon 94 These: 989
Thakali (Tukche)²sju ‘string (beads)’Mazaudon 94 These: 989

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)krûi ‘thread, string, chain’Benedict 76 WBur

9Sinitic2

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)k<r>iwʔ ‘plait, unite’BaxterSagart 2011: 1462

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5555, *krəw ‘THREAD / STRING / PLAIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5555
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 199
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5555,
  title  = {{*krəw 'THREAD / STRING / PLAIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5555},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5555}
}