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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/
g-ləj
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Descendants
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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Etymology
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-ləy (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012); *g-liy (Weidert, 1987)
Noun
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*g-ləj
wind
Descendants
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Tangut-Qiang
rGyalrongic
possibly Situ:
kʰalu
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
Lolo-Burmese:
*s/ʔ-ləy¹
(Matisoff, 2003)
Burmish
Written Burmese:
လေ
(
le
,
“
wind, breeze, air
”
)
Proto-Loloish:
*le¹
(Bradley, 1979)
Northern Loloish
Yi (Liangshan):
ꆳ
(
hly
,
“
wind
”
)
Central Loloish
Lisu (Southern):
ꓦꓲꓻ
(
h̃i
,
“
wind
”
)
(>
ꓟꓲꓽ ꓦꓲꓻ
(
mì h̃i
,
“
wind
”
)
)
Karenic:
*lèi'
(Jones, 1961)
S'gaw Karen:
ကလံၤ
(
ka leē
)
Western Pwo:
လံၩ
Pa'o Karen:
တလီꩻ