Appendix:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-r-gja

This entry contains Proto-Sino-Tibetan reconstructed words 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-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *priaʔ (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-r-gya (Matisoff, STEDT); *r-gya (Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *r-gyɑ (Chou, 1972).

It appears that this root was influenced by the root for "eight" (*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat), despite the fact that these two numerals are not neighbours in linear order.

Numeral

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numerals
ONE	*ʔit *kat *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik
TWO	*g/s-ni-s
THREE	*g-sum
FOUR	*b-ləj
FIVE	*l/b-ŋa
SIX	*d-(k-)ruk
SEVEN	*s-ni-s
EIGHT	*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat
NINE	*d/s-kəw
TEN	*gip *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
TWENTY	*(m-)kul
HUNDRED	*b-r-gja
THOUSAND	*s-toŋ

1. hundred

Descendants

• (Old) Chinese: 百 /*pˁrak/ (B-S), /*praːg/ (ZS) ("hundred")
  • Middle Chinese: 百 /pɣæk/

    →   Japanese:  百 (ひゃく, hyaku)
          Korean:  백 (百, baek)
          Vietnamese:  bách

    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 百 (bǎi, /paɪ̯²¹⁴/)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: བརྒྱ (brgya) (“hundred”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ရာ (ra) (“hundred”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꉐ (hxa) (“hundred”)
• Karenic:

  /*g-rjaᴬ/ (Luangthongkum, 2013)

  • Sgaw: တကယၤ (takayã) (“hundred”)