Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-jəw-n ~ bwəj

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

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *yəw+śɑ ("animal (prefix) + rat") (Chou, 1972)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-yəw-n ("rat / rabbit / hare"), *bwəy ("bamboo rat") (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-yuw, *b-yəw (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

The *-n here is said to function as a collective plural suffix (STC).

Noun

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*b-jəw-n ~ bwəj

 
Rhizomys pruinosus, the hoary bamboo rat.
 
Lepus oiostolus, the woolly hare.
  1. rat, bamboo rat
  2. rabbit, hare

Descendants

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  • Chepangic:
    • Chepang: युः (yuʔ, mouse, rat)
  • Old Chinese: /*lu-s/ (?) (B-S, unlisted), /*lɯwɢs/ (ZS) (weasel); /*sʰlun/, /*sʰluns/ (ZS) (dialectal) (hare) (as in 東郭逡东郭逡, 東郭㕙东郭㕙) (per Matisoff, Schuessler)
    • Middle Chinese: /jɨuH/; /tsʰiuɪn/
      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: (yòu) /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/; (qūn, jùn) /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕyn⁵¹/
  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *yuu
      • Central Chin
        • Mizo: sa-zu (rat) (first element from *sja-n), bui (bamboo rat)
      • Khomic
        • Khumi Chin: bäjö (rat), jung (rabbit)
  • Himalayish
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • rGyalrongic
      • Situ: pəɟu (mouse, rat)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: yu (rat)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        /*pi²/ ("bamboo rat") (Bradley, 1979)
        • Central Loloish
  • Proto-Karen: *jowᴮ (mouse, rat) (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also

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