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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-jəw-n ~ bwəj

 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 edit

Etymology edit

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *yəw+śɑ ("animal (prefix) + rat") (Chou, 1972)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-yəw-n ("rat / rabbit / hare"), *bwəy ("bamboo rat") (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-yuw, *b-yəw (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

The *-n here is said to function as a collective plural suffix (STC).

Noun edit

*b-jəw-n ~ bwəj

 
Rhizomys pruinosus, the hoary bamboo rat.
 
Lepus oiostolus, the woolly hare.
  1. rat, bamboo rat
  2. rabbit, hare

Descendants edit

  • Chepangic:
    • Chepang: युः (yuʔ, “mouse, rat”)
  • Old Chinese: 鼬 /*lu-s/ (?) (B-S, unlisted), /*lɯwɢs/ (ZS) (“weasel”); 㕙 /*sʰlun/, /*sʰluns/ (ZS) (dialectal) (“hare”) (as in 東郭逡／东郭逡, 東郭㕙／东郭㕙) (per Matisoff, Schuessler)
    • Middle Chinese: 鼬 /jɨuH/; 㕙 /tsʰiuɪn/
      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 鼬 (yòu) /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/; 㕙 (qūn, jùn) /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕyn⁵¹/
  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *yuu
      • Central Chin
        • Mizo: sa-zu (“rat”) (first element from *sja-n), bui (“bamboo rat”)
      • Khomic
        • Khumi Chin: bäjö (“rat”), jung (“rabbit”)
  • Himalayish
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • rGyalrongic
      • Situ: pəɟu (“mouse, rat”)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: yu (“rat”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        /*pi²/ ("bamboo rat") (Bradley, 1979)
        • Central Loloish
  • Proto-Karen: *jowᴮ (“mouse, rat”) (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also edit

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