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STEDT #6107

*k-ru ⪤ *k-rwa

SNAIL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*khlo ‘SNAIL’
Karenic*khloᴮ ‘SNAIL (LAND~)’TL#264

Notes

The medial consonant should perhaps be reconstructed as *-l- on the basis of the Karen forms.

The cognacy of the Central Naga forms is open to question.

Chinese comparandum

蠃 OC *lwɑ̂, GSR #14b; B & S 2011: *rˁojʔ {[r]ˁo[j]ʔ}; Mand. luǒ.
蝸 OC *kwɑ, GSR #18c; B & S 2011: *k.rˁoj (dial. › kˁroj); Mand. wō.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)kümorpheme◦küre◦sümorpheme ‘snail’Marrison 67 Naga

3.3.1rGyalrong4

Caodengndzəmorpheme-mlɐmorpheme-qʰrú-qʰru ‘snail’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang)ʔɑmorpheme mbəmorpheme ru ru n‘snail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0371.11
rGyalrongamorpheme bumorpheme ru ru ‘snail’Nagano 97 GyQ: 14.6
rGBenzhenɐmorpheme-nbəmorpheme ru-ruʔ ‘snail’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)khamorpheme◦rú ‘snail’Chou 72: 14b
Burmese (Written)khamorpheme◦rú ‘snail’Benedict 72 STC: 132n356
Burmese (Written)khămorpheme◦rú ‘snail’Benedict 72 STC: 187n487
Burmese (Written)khɑ¹morphemeru¹pɑk⁴morphemekji¹morpheme n‘snail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0371.26
Marmakhəmorpheme◦rǔ ‘snail’Huziwara 08 Sak: 305b

7Karenic14

*Karenkhlo ‘snail’Chou 72: 18c
*Karenkhloᴮ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Bwekhlo³³ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Karenkhlo³¹pe̱³³morphemee̱³¹morpheme n‘snail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0371.50
Kayan (Pekon)kʰló̤ N‘land snail’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-O (Northern)khlo³¹¨ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Pwo (Northern)khlu³³ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Pwo (Southern)khlu⁵⁵ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Sgaw (Northern)khlo³¹˜ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264
Sgaw (Southern)khlu⁴⁵’ ‘snail (land~)’Luangthongkum 13: 264

9.0.1Old Chinese8

Chinese (Old/Mid)*morpheme/kwɑi ‘snail’Karlgren 57 GSR: 18c
Chinese (Old/Mid)glwɑ̂/luɑ̂ ‘snail’Karlgren 57 GSR: 18c
Chinese (Old/Mid)klwa / kwa ~ glwâ / luâ ‘snail’Benedict 72 STC: 132n356
Chinese (Old/Mid)klwɑ~glwɑ̂/kwɑ~luɑ̂ ‘snail’Chou 72: 18c
Chinese (Old/Mid)lwɑ̂/luɑ̂: ‘wasp (small) / mollusk (kind of)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 14b
Chinese (Old)kwrar ‘snail / shellfish’Coblin 86: 135
Chinese (Old)kʷraj ‘snail’Baxter 92: 654

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6107, *k-ru ⪤ *k-rwa ‘SNAIL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6107
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6107,
  title  = {{*k-ru ⪤ *k-rwa 'SNAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6107},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6107}
}