Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-k(j)aːj

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

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-k(y)aːy ⪤ *d-k(y)aːn (Matisoff, STEDT); *d-kaːy (Benedict, 1972); *d-kɑːy (Chou, 1972)

Noun

*d-k(j)aːj

1. crab

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 蟹 (*ɡreːʔ) /*m-kˤreʔ/ (B-S), /*ɡreːʔ/ (ZS) (“crab”)
  • Middle Chinese: 蟹 /ɦˠɛ^X/

**:

→ Japanese: 蟹 (げ, ​ge)
Korean: 해 (蟹, hae)
Vietnamese: giải (蟹)

• • • Mandarin:
      • Beijing: 蟹 (xiè) /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/ (“crab”)
    • Cantonese:
      • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: 蟹 (haai⁵) /hɑːi̯¹³/ (“crab”)
  • Min:
    • Coastal Min:
      • Min Nan:
        • Hokkien:
          • Xiamen: 蟹 /hue²²/ (“crab”)
• Tani:

  *ke ~ kjo (“crab”) (Sun, 1993)

  • Western Tani
    • Nyishi: taci (“crab”)
• Kuki-Chin:

  *kaay ~ ŋaay-kuaŋ (“lobster, prawn, shrimp”), *ʔaay (“crab”) (VanBik, 2009)

  • Central Chin
    • Lushai [Mizo]: ai (“crab”), kaikuang (“lobster, water prawn”)
• Tangkhulic
  • Tangkhul Naga: khaireu (“crab”)
• Sal
  • Jingpho [Kachin]: chahkan (“crab”)
  • Bodo-Koch
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: ang·ke
      • Atong: khen•
      • Kokborok: khangrai
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Lahu: aciku (“crab”)

See also

• *s-diːk (“scorpion”)