Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t
(Redirected from Appendix:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ləy-t ⪤ *s-rəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-liy (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *(s-)ləy (Chou, 1972); *(s-)ləy, *s-liy (Weidert, 1987)
Schuessler (2007) relates Chinese 輊/轾 (zhì) ("the chariot roof tilts forward") to this root.
Adjective
edit*s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t
Descendants
edit- Himalayish
- Jingpho-Luish:
- Jingpho: li (“heavy”)
- Lolo-Burmese
- Naish:
- Naic:
- Naxi: lee (“heavy”)
- Naic:
- Nungish:
See also
edit- *s-naːŋ (“heavy; thick, viscous”)