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STEDT #5774

*riːn

SCRATCH / DRAW LINE
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinriin ‘SCRATCH / LINE’VanBik 09 PKC: 970

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Khumitphprefix◦rueéng ‘scratch (with claws, fingernails)’VanBik 09 PKC: 970

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)rǐin ‘scratch, line’VanBik 09 PKC: 970
Lushai [Mizo]riin ‘draw a line, scratch’LaPolla 87: 181
Lushai [Mizo]riːn ‘draw a line, scratch; line, scratch’Benedict 72 STC: 429

1.2.3Maraic1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5774, *riːn ‘SCRATCH / DRAW LINE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5774
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5774,
  title  = {{*riːn 'SCRATCH / DRAW LINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5774},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5774}
}