Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-maŋ ~ s-mak

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: *s-mak ⪤ s-maŋ (Matisoff, 1983); *smək (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-maŋ ⪤ *s-mak (Matisoff, STEDT)

Adjective edit

*s-maŋ ~ s-mak

  1. black
  2. dark
  3. ink
  4. deep

Descendants edit

  • Old Chinese: (*C.mˁək (B-S); mlɯːg (ZS), ink); (*m̥ˁək, dial. *m̥ˁ- › xˁ- (B-S); *m̥lɯːg (ZS), black)
    ( in the oracle bone script)  
    • Middle Chinese: /mək/, /hək/

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Japanese:  (ぼく, ​boku)
Korean:  (, muk)
Vietnamese: mặc ()

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Japanese:  (こく, ​koku)
Korean:  (, heuk)
Vietnamese: hắc ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: () /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/), (hēi) /xeɪ̯⁵⁵/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: སྨག (smag, dark, darkness), མོག་པ (mog pa, dark-coloured)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi

See also edit

  • *s-nak (black) - a similar root; possibly descendant of this etymon, from assimilation of the root initial (in place of articulation) by the prefix *s-.