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STEDT #743

*hap

BITE / SNAP AT / MOUTHFUL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlehapinitialhrhymeapcoverH · T

Connections

HPTB*hap ‘bite / snap at / mouthful’pp. 58, 335, 341

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanhr+ap ‘bite / suck up’Coblin 86: 43

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burmanhap v.‘sip (esp. soup)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 156
*Tibeto-Burmanhap ‘bite / snap at / mouthful’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593
*Tibeto-Burmanhap ‘bite / suck up’Coblin 86: 43

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]hap ‘bite, snap’Coblin 86: 43
Lushai [Mizo]hɑp ‘bite / snap’Chou 72: 629

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbuhaqr- v.‘bite’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbuhaʔr- v.‘bite’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 9
Yakhahaːp◦maːmorpheme v‘bite’Kohn 90: 3.10.7

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Chamlingrakmorpheme◦hap◦tomorpheme ‘tooth’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 190

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayuxwap- v.‘bite into, to chew’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 30

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)hap ‘bite at, as a fish or dog; snatch in eating; attract, as a magnet’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)hap ‘bite at, as a fish / dog’LaPolla 87: 195
Burmese (Written)hap ‘bite at, as a fish / dog’Benedict 72 STC: 89
Burmese (Written)hɑp ‘bite at (as a fish / dog)’Chou 72: 629

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)xɑp/xɑp ‘inhale / drink’Chou 72: 629
Chinese (Old)hrap ‘bite / suck up’Coblin 86: 43

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)xap v.‘drink in with a sucking movement’Coblin 86: 56

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #743, *hap ‘BITE / SNAP AT / MOUTHFUL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/743
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#089, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-743,
  title  = {{*hap 'BITE / SNAP AT / MOUTHFUL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #743},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/743}
}