6.0 Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production > 6.3 Friction

#1461 PTB *kur SCRAPE / SCRATCH / SCOOP

This root is reconstructed in Weidert 1987:19. There is a perhaps fortuitous resemblance with Nepali khur‑kənu ‘scrape off’ (cf. the Indo-Aryan etymon *KUR ‘scrape’ in Turner 1966:171), but in any case this could only have affected the Chepang and Dolakha Newar forms.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
2258p,1461870²ə¹khoscratchv.Lakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
2260p,1461275²a²kɯnscoopv.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
225914611016¹khuscratchv.Mao651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
2257p,14611338¹n⁴khwẽscratchv.Rengma (Southern)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
22561461905khũanscratchv.Liangmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
2255p,14611346n-xûanscratchv.Rongmei / Nruanghmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
225414611060hòrladle outMikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
22531461349kurscrapev.Bodo801.7.1.1Bodo1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
225214611036kurscrapev.Meche801.7.1.1Bodo1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
901114611176hur-scratch / scrapeNewar (Dolakhali)272.2Newar1Genetti 90 DolaCG-Dolak0
639081461,s449hərʔ-sascratch (thorn)Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep4.B.110
22511461442khurscrapev.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT170
48004614611977khur-trim, shave, cut off short (hair, grass, etc.) (<N khurkənu scrape off?)vt.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
639061461,m449kʰur-sascrapeChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep7.B.2. 400
412760m,14611811mi³⁵khuɛ⁵⁵shave (hairs) / scrapev.Guiqiong343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1352.160
4127861461,14611844khu³¹khu⁵⁵shave (hairs) / scrapev.Namuyi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1352.460
41275314611852khuɛʴshave (hairs) / scrapev.Qiang (Mawo)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1352.080