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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/
taŋ
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Descendants
1.3
See also
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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Etymology
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *taŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012; LaPolla, 1987)
Noun
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*taŋ
pine
fir
Descendants
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Old Chinese:
蒸
(
zhēng
)
/*təŋ/
(B-S),
/*kljɯŋ/
(ZS) ("brushwood")
Middle Chinese:
蒸
(
zhēng
)
tsying
(
/t͡ɕɨŋ/
) ("brushwood")
Modern Mandarin
Beijing:
蒸
(
zhēng
,
/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
,
“
to steam
”
)
Yue
Cantonese:
蒸
(
/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
,
“
to steam
”
)
Min Nan
Xiamen:
蒸
(
/t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
,
“
to steam
”
)
Himalayish
Tibeto-Kanauri
Bodic
Tibetan
Written Tibetan:
ཐང་ཤིང
(
thang shing
,
“
pine, fir
”
)
;
ཐང་ཆུ
(
thang chu
,
“
resin, gum
”
)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
Proto-Lolo-Burmese:
*taŋ
Burmish
Burmese:
ထင်း
(
htang:
,
“
firewood, stain
”
)
Lashi:
htáng
See also
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*siŋ ~ sik
(
“
tree
”
)