Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sjej-s

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *syɨs (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *syey-s (Matisoff, STEDT); *syey (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987; Weidert, 1987); *syey (*C) (Coblin, 1986)

Verb

*sjej-s

1. to know

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 悉 (xī) /*sit/ (B-S), /*sid/ (ZS) ("all, completely; detailed; to know, to understand")
  • Middle Chinese: 悉 (xī) /siɪt/

**:

→ Japanese: 悉 (しつ, ​shitsu)
Korean: 실 (悉, sil)
Vietnamese: tất (悉)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 悉 (xī), /ɕi⁵⁵/)
    • Cantonese
      • Guangzhou: 悉 (xī) /ɕɪk̚⁵/
    • Wu
      • Shanghai: 悉 (xī) /ɕiɪ̆ʔ⁵⁵/
• Kamarupan
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thay-I, thayʔ-II (“know, able, hear”) (VanBik, 2009)
    • Central Chin
      • Lushai [Mizo]: thei (“can, may; able, capable”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཤེས་པ (shes pa, “to know, to understand, to cognise, to realise, to be aware”)
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: shiga (“news”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese: *šey²/³ (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: သိ (si., “to know, to be acquainted with”)
    • Proto-Loloish: *si² (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꌧ (syp, “to know, understand, recognise, be familiar with”), ꌥ (syx, “to know, meet, get to know”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓢꓷꓸ (sɤ́, “to know, recognise”), also ꓢꓲꓸ (sɨ́)
• Karenic:
  • S'gaw Karen: သ့ၣ်ညါ (thaỳ nyah)
  • Western Pwo: ၥ့ၪယၫ
  • Western Kayah: ꤞꤢꤧꤑꤢꤩ꤭ (thaenyē)

See also

• *ken ~ m-kjen (“to see, to know”)