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#5609 PTB *taŋ KNIFE

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

PL *taŋ³ KNIFE

The fit between the Sak and Loloish forms is very good.

This root seems quite distinct from #2684 PTB *s‑ta KNIFE / AXE / SWORD.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid	rn
528568	p,5609	2025	kə-tʰaŋ	wear a sword, knife, etc.		Ukhrul	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Mortensen 12 Tk	DRM-Tk		0
451816	p,5609	1964	kə́◦taŋ	knife		Sak	40	1.7.3.2	Asakian	1	Huziwara 08 Sak	HK-Sak	117	0
451817	p,5609,m	1964	kə́◦taŋ◦səvá	blade (knife edge)		Sak	40	1.7.3.2	Asakian	1	Huziwara 08 Sak	HK-Sak	118	0
373204	5609,5609	1847	tho²¹tho²¹	knife	n	Tujia	41	5	Tujia	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	0549.49	0
200862	5609,5609	1615	tho²¹tho²¹	knife		Tujia	41	5	Tujia	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	409.38	0
454250	5609,5609	1967	tuo³tuo³	knife		Tujia (Northern)	41	5	Tujia	1	Brassett 06 Tujia	BBL-TL	4.2	0
11285	5609	152	taŋ³	knife		*Loloish	45	6.1.2	Loloish	1	Bradley 79 PLo	DB-PLolo	257/8/9A	0
11719	5609,m,2684	152	taŋ³; ʔmi(a); ta²	knife		*Loloish	45	6.1.2	Loloish	1	Bradley 79 PLo	DB-PLolo	257-259	0
373192	p,5609	1834	ɑ⁵⁵tho²¹	knife	n	Yi (Nanhua)	46	6.1.2.1	Northern Loloish	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	0549.37	0
200855	p,5609	1664	ᴀ⁵⁵tho²¹	knife		Yi (Nanhua)	46	6.1.2.1	Northern Loloish	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	409.24	0
373198	p,5609	1841	ɑ³⁵thɔ³³	knife	n	Lahu (Lancang)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	0549.43	0
373252	p,5609,m	1841	ɑ³⁵thɔ³³tu⁵³	handle (of a knife)	n	Lahu (Lancang)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	0550.43	0
200834	p,5609	851	ᴀ³⁵thɔ³³	knife		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	409.33	0
302286	5450,5609	856	a¹thɔ¹	knife		Lahu (Yellow)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Chang 86	JZ-Lahu		0