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STEDT #678

*k(w)aːy

HANG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kh(l)aay ‘HANG DOWN / WEIGH’PKC #1289

Connections

HPTB*pru(w) ‘womb’p. 199

Chinese comparandum

挂 OC *kwĕg, GSR #879t ‘hang, suspend’; Schuessler 2007:264 *kwêh or *kwrêh; B & S 2011: *kʷˁre-s {[k]ʷˁre-s}; Mand. guà.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1NE Indian Areal Group1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkh(l)aay ‘HANG DOWN / WEIGH’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289

1.2.1.1Northern Chin12

Sizanghtai hī ‘hang’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Thadokháay-I, khày-II ‘hang’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Thadoxʌ̀i ‘hang’Thirumalai 72: 10
Thadoxʌ̀i ‘hang up’Thirumalai 72: 23
Tiddim-kaːi be v.‘suspended’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134
Tiddim-kaːi/ˋkaːi v‘suspended’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddim-xaːi/ˋxaːi v‘hang’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddim-xaːiˋxaːi ‘hang’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134
Tiddimkaːi be v.‘suspended’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134
Tiddimkhai² ‘hang’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Tiddimkhaːi² v‘hang (tr.)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 736
Tiddimkhaːi² ‘hang (tr.)’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Falam)khǎay-I khàay-II ‘lift something up or hang something down (with the hand)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Lai (Hakha)thlâay-I, thlǎay-II ‘hang, hang down, weigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Lushai [Mizo]khāi ‘carry in the hand (something that hangs); hang up, suspend; lift up’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134
Lushai [Mizo]khái ‘lift up, suspend, carry in the hand (as anything that hangs down)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1289
Lushai [Mizo]kuai ‘droop, hang down’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134

1.2.3Maraic1

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokkʰay ‘hang, carry a bag’Tripuri 88

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphokái ‘wear flowers / ornaments’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 134
Jingphokhài be v.‘hooked’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 084
Jingphomă³¹prefixkhai³¹ v.‘hook’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1348.19
Jingphomaprefix◦khai n‘hook’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #678, *k(w)aːy ‘HANG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/678
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.214, GSTC #134
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-678,
  title  = {{*k(w)aːy 'HANG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #678},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/678}
}