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STEDT #5630

*khó'θwè ⪤ *kòθwí

SWEAT
Proto-Karenic

Notes

The meaning of the first syllable in this reconstructed form is unknown.

Another Karenic form for SWEAT, Pa-O tə́ʔ-so, has been assigned to #60 PTB *saːw FAT (n.) / GREASE / OIL / SWEAT.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 1 subgroup

7Karenic10

*Karen (Pwo)khó'θwè ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610
*Karen (Sgaw)kòθwí ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610
Pwo (Bassein)khóʔ-θwè n.‘sweat’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Bassein)khóʔθwè ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610
Pwo (Moulmein)khó-θwè n.‘sweat’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Moulmein)khóθwè ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610
Sgaw (Bassein)kò-θwí n.‘sweat’Matisoff 87 BP
Sgaw (Bassein)kòθwí ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610
Sgaw (Moulmein)kò-θwí n.‘sweat’Matisoff 87 BP
Sgaw (Moulmein)kòθwí ‘sweat’Jones 61: 610

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5630, *khó'θwè ⪤ *kòθwí ‘SWEAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5630
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Jones 61:610
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5630,
  title  = {{*khó'θwè ⪤ *kòθwí 'SWEAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5630},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5630}
}