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STEDT #6788

*kʰaj

FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE

Proto-Tangkhulic · provisional

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group9

Khoiraokhai ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeichamorpheme◦kha ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeikamorpheme-kha-lêp#562 PTB *s-lip ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’PKC *hlip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PNC *lip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PTk *hlip ‘SCALE (OF FISH)’ ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Maramaprefix◦ka ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeika-lip#562 PTB *s-lip ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’PKC *hlip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PNC *lip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PTk *hlip ‘SCALE (OF FISH)’ ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Rongmei / Nruanghmeikha ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemehemorpheme◦ka ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Zeme¹hemorpheme⁵ka¹lip#562 PTB *s-lip ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’PKC *hlip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PNC *lip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PTk *hlip ‘SCALE (OF FISH)’ ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Mziemehemorpheme◦ka ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic17

*Tangkhulickʰaj ‘fish / aquatic creature’Mortensen 12 Tk: 375

Champhungamorpheme-kʰai ‘fish’Brown 37 Indo

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰe-semorpheme kʰə-nimorpheme ‘gill (of fish)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.276

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰe-semorpheme nəmorpheme-semorpheme ‘fin (of fish)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.188

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰej-ʃemorpheme ‘fish (general)’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.153

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰə-lemorpheme ‘fish trap’Mortensen 12 Tk

Kachaiʔamorpheme-kʰwe ‘fish (general)’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.152

Tangkhulkhai ‘fish’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulkhai ‘fish’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 004

Tangkhulkhai ‘fish’Benedict 72 STC: 51

Tangkhulkhai◦hormorpheme ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkháy ‘fish’Bhat 69 TNV: 89

Tangkhul (Northern)kʰi ‘fish’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)kʰai ‘fish’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomkʰie-fymorpheme ‘frog’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.101

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-kʰaj ‘fish with a basket, to ladle out’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkʰaj ‘fish’Mortensen 12 Tk

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6788, *kʰaj ‘FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6788

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

References: DRM#375

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6788,
  title  = {{*kʰaj 'FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6788},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6788}
}