Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mə-taŋ

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: *mljang (Schuessler, 2007); *mC-taŋ (Hill, 2019); *mə-taŋ (Lai, 2023)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *mraŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Weidert, 1987); *mraŋ, *mrak (Benedict, 1972); *mrang (*A) (Coblin, 1986); *mrɑŋ (Chou, 1972)

The -r- in Burmese is due to some sort of lenition of underlying *t.

Verb

*mə-taŋ

1. to see, to look

Descendants

• Bodic:
  • Tibetan: མཐོང (mthong)
• rGyalrongic:
  • West rGyalrongic:
    • Khroskyabs: vdê (“to see”), ⇒ stô (“to show”)
  • rGyalrong:
    • Japhug: mto
    • Situ: kamətó (Brag-dbar)
• Lolo-Burmese
  • Burmish
    • Written Burmese: မြင် (mrang, “to see; to perceive, to understand; to foresee”), မြော် (mrau, “to see, to look; to perceive, to discern”), မျှော် (hmyau, “to look into the distance; to expect; to hope for”) (? mro ("look forward to, expect") in Benedict (1976))
  • Loloish
    • Northern Loloish
      • Yi (Liangshan): ꂿ (mo, “to see, to perceive”)

See also

• *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”)
• *ken (“to see; to know”)
• *hjen (“to look, to see; to hear, to listen”)