Reconstruction:Proto-Kuki-Chin/pran

This Proto-Kuki-Chin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Etymology

STEDT compares Chinese 方 (“just now”), 甫 (“to begin; just now”), and Jingpho hpang (“to start”); this comparison would require the -n in Kuki-Chin to be of secondary origin.

Verb

*pran[1]

  1. to start, begin

Descendants

  • Northeastern
    • Tedim Chin: pan
  • Central

References

  1. ^ VanBik, Kenneth (2009), Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages (STEDT Monograph Series), volume 8, →ISBN, page 304
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