Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/bjar ~ pjar
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *piar/biar (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *byar ⪤ *pyar (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972), *byɑ̂r~pyɑ̂r (Chou, 1972)
Related to *p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t (“to braid, to weave, to plait”).
Verb
edit*bjar ~ pjar
Descendants
edit- Kamarupan
- Kuki-Chin
- Central Chin
- Lushai [Mizo]: phiar (“to knit, to plait”)
- Central Chin
- Kuki-Chin
- Himalayish
See also
edit- *tak ~ dak (“to weave, to plait”)