Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/l(j)a(k/ŋ)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lek (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *l(j)ak ⪤ *l(j)aŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)
This root appears to be related with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ, showing a very common alternation between *d and *l. As Matisoff (2013) points out, this *l ~ *d alternation is attested in many natural languages, even outside the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Alternatively, Tibetan ལེགས་པོ (legs po, “good, beautiful”) and ཡག་པོ (yag po, “good, fine”) could come from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa(ː)j (“easy”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Adjective
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Adverb
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Descendants
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→ Japanese: 良 (ろう, rō)
Korean: 양 (良, yang)
Vietnamese: lương (良)
- Modern Chinese
- Beijing: 良 (liáng, /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/) ("good")
- Cantonese: /lœːŋ²¹/
- Hakka: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
- Modern Chinese
- Min
- Min Nan: /liɔŋ²⁴/
- Tani
- Western Tani
- Bokar: /lak/ ("good")
- Western Tani
- Himalayish
- Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
- Tangut: 𘝷 (*lia¹) (lia, /*li̯a⁵⁵/) ("beautiful")
- Northern Tangut
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Achang: /liɑŋ⁵⁵pɑ⁵⁵/ ("beautiful")
- Loloish
- Naxi: /lə²¹/ ("beautiful")
- Burmish