Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-ləj

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: *g-ləy (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012); *g-liy (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*g-ləj

1. wind

Descendants

• 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