Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-lap

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 edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-lap (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun edit

*s-lap

leaf
leaf-like thing

Descendants edit

Old Chinese: 葉／叶 /*l[a]p/ (B-S), /*leb/ (ZS) ("leaf")
- Middle Chinese: 葉／叶 /jiᴇp̚/
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 葉／叶 (yè, /iɛ⁵¹/)
  - Cantonese
    - Guangzhou: 葉／叶 /jip̚²/
  - Wu
    - Shanghai: 葉／叶 /ɦiɪʔ¹/
- Min
  - Min Nan
    - Xiamen: 葉／叶 /iap̚⁵/
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Burmese: ယပ် (yap, “leaf-like fan”)
    - Burmese: လဘက် (la.bhak, “tea leaf”)
Sal
- Kachin-Luic
  - Jingphoic
    - Jingpho: lap