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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s

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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.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *təy (Chou, 1972)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ("water / fluid / liquid / soak"), *twəy ⪤ dwəy ("water / egg / spit"), *twəy-n ("water / river"), *ti(y) ("water") (Matisoff, STEDT); *ti(y), *twiy (Benedict, 1972); *twəy (Chou, 1972)

Root edit

*m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s

  1. water
  2. fluid, liquid
  3. to soak
  4. wet

Descendants edit

  • Old Chinese: 涕 (*l̥ˁəjʔ, *l̥ˁəjʔ-s (B-S), *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls, “tears”), 洟 (*l̥ˁəj-s (B-S), *lil, *l̥ʰiːls, “nasal mucus”)
    • Middle Chinese: 涕 (tʰeiX, tʰeiH), 洟 (jiɪ, tʰeiH)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 涕 (tì) (tì, /tʰi⁵¹/), 洟 (yí, /ji³⁵/)
  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *tuy
      • Central
      • Khomic
        • Khumi Chin: tui
      • Northern
    • "Naga"
      • Northern Naga
        /*təy/ (French, 1983)
      • Tangkhulic
        /*dɨ/ (Mortensen, 2012)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
        • Chepang: /tiʔ/ ("water")
      • Kiranti
        • Western Kiranti
          • Hayu: /ti/ ("water")
  • Sal
    • Jingpho-Asakian
      • Jingpho
        • Jingpho [Kachin]: madi (“wet, moist”), madit (“wet, moist; dampen”)
    • Bodo-Koch
      • Bodo-Garo
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      *m/ʔ-titᴴ (“wet; soak”)
      • Loloish
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓔꓲꓹ (tǐ, “to immerse in water, dye”)
      • Burmish
  • Proto-Karen: *thejᴬ (“water”) (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also edit

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