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STEDT #5579

*grwaːl

WASH / CLEAN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This Lai - Burmese comparison is due to Kenneth VanBik.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangroːl ‘wash / clean’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)trool ‘wash / clean’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 421

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5579, *grwaːl ‘WASH / CLEAN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5579
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 421
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5579,
  title  = {{*grwaːl 'WASH / CLEAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5579},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5579}
}