Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-duŋ/k ~ m-tuŋ/k

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: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-duŋ/k ⪤ *m-tuŋ/k (Matisoff, STEDT)

Possibly from Proto-Malayic *duduk (whence Malay duduk)

Verb

*k

1. to sit

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: འདུག་པ ('dug pa, “to be, stay, sit”)
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: dung (“sit”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ထိုင် (htuing, “to sit”)