Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-liŋ

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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.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-liŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972)

Noun

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*b-liŋ

  1. field
  2. forest

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: /*lˤiŋ/ (B-S), /*lʼiːŋ/ (ZS) (field, farmland; to cultivate, to farm; to hunt)
    • Middle Chinese: /den/
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Japanese:  (でん, ​den)
Korean:  (, jeon)
Vietnamese: điền ()

      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: (tián) /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
      • Cantonese:
        • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: (tin4) /tʰiːn²¹/
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      *b(y)etᴸ (Matisoff, 1972)
      • Burmish
        • Burmese: တလင်း (‌ta.lang:, field, bare ground, threshing floor)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཞིང (zhing, field, realm, cultivation, region, country), ལིངས (lings, hunting, chase)