*(g/k)rwil

FALL (AS LEAVES) / CAUSE TO FALL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kril ‘FALL (leaves, fruits, hairs)’PKC #1319

Connections

HPTB*m-ti-s ‘wet / soak’pp. 434, 351

Notes

This etymon comprises a simplex/causative pair.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangrwil ⪤ krwil ‘fall (as leaves) / cause to fall’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkril ‘FALL (leaves, fruits, hairs)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1319

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)ki v‘fall down of one's own accord (e.g. a fruit when it is ripe)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1319

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Falam)ṭìl-I ṭîlh-II ‘fall (e.g. leaves)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1319

Lai (Hakha)trǐl-I, trilʔ-II ‘fall (leaves)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1319

Lushai [Mizo]ṭìl-I ṭìlh-II v‘fall off or drop (as hair, leaves, fruits, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1319

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)khrwe v.‘cause to fall’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krwe ‘fall off, as leaves’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #618, *(g/k)rwil ‘FALL (AS LEAVES) / CAUSE TO FALL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/618

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

References: cf. HPTB p.410

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-618,
  title  = {{*(g/k)rwil 'FALL (AS LEAVES) / CAUSE TO FALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #618},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/618}
}