*kyit

BURN / SCORCH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

initialkyrhymeit

Connections

HPTB*kyit ‘burn / scorch’p. 349

Notes

This etymon strongly resembles #56 PTB *m-(t)sik BURN / ITCH / ANGRY. The Lahu form could descend from either prototype.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankyit ‘burn / scorch’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 598

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulśit ‘scorch’Bhat 69 TNV: 96

Ukhrulkəprefix-ʃit ‘scorch, get scorched (food); hot’Mortensen 12 Tk

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)khyac be v.‘burnt, as food’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)chîʔ ‘hot (enough to burn)’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6481, *kyit ‘BURN / SCORCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6481

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

References: HPTB p.349

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6481,
  title  = {{*kyit 'BURN / SCORCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6481},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6481}
}