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STEDT #5649

*r-kun

STEAL / THIEF

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Connections

Allofams

1 #5426 *r-kəw ⪤ *r-ku(n/t) ‘STEAL / THIEF’
1a #2365 *r-kəw ⪤ *hu ‘STEAL’
1b #5649 *r-kun ‘STEAL / THIEF’
1c #5648 *r-kut ‘STEAL / THIEF’

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 2 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanr-kəw#2365 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *hu ‘STEAL’MesorootsPCN *a-hu ‘STEAL’PNN *C̬-kəːw ‘STEAL’PLB *kəw² ‘STEAL’PL *ko² ‘STEAL’PKar *howᴮ ‘STEAL (v.)’Allofams1 #5426 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *r-ku(n/t) ‘STEAL / THIEF’1a #2365 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *hu ‘STEAL’1b #5649 PTB *r-kun ‘STEAL / THIEF’1c #5648 PTB *r-kut ‘STEAL / THIEF’ ⪤ r-kun ⪤ r-kut#5648 PTB *r-kut ‘STEAL / THIEF’Allofams1 #5426 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *r-ku(n/t) ‘STEAL / THIEF’1a #2365 PTB *r-kəw ⪤ *hu ‘STEAL’1b #5649 PTB *r-kun ‘STEAL / THIEF’1c #5648 PTB *r-kut ‘STEAL / THIEF’ ‘steal / thief’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Tibetan (Alike)rkən mæsuffix n‘thief’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0194.05

Tibetan (Balti)ṣkun◦ma·suffix ‘thief’Rangan 75: 34

Tibetan (Spiti)kun◦masuffix ‘thief’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

Tibetan (Written)rkun posuffix n‘thief’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0194.01

Tibetan (Written)rkun-masuffix ‘thief’Benedict 72 STC: 135n368

Tibetan (Written)rkun◦masuffix ‘thief’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5649, *r-kun ‘STEAL / THIEF’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5649

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

References: VSTB:26

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5649,
  title  = {{*r-kun 'STEAL / THIEF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5649},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5649}
}