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STEDT #6170

*ɗaay

DEW
Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reconstruction analysis

initialdrhymeaːy

Connections

HPTB (PTB)*daːy ‘dew’p. 210

Notes

This root seems independent of #298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1NE Indian Areal Group1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɗaay ‘DEW / MOIST’VanBik 09 PKC: 75

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Thadodáay ‘dew’VanBik 09 PKC: 75
Tiddimdaːi² nom²morpheme ‘dew’VanBik 09 PKC: 75
Tiddimdaːi² nom²morpheme ‘dew’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 209
Tiddimˊdai n‘dew’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumikdangtuuy ‘dew’VanBik 09 PKC: 75

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lushai [Mizo]dai ‘dew; rainwater settled on leaves’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 137
Lushai [Mizo]dà̀i ‘dew, rain-water which has settled on the leaves’VanBik 09 PKC: 75

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]dìa tí ‘dew, moist’VanBik 09 PKC: 75

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungʔəmorpheme-dái-cʉʉmorpheme ‘dew’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Nature.055

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6170, *ɗaay ‘DEW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6170
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.210
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6170,
  title  = {{*ɗaay 'DEW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6170},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6170}
}