Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-g(r)u

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: *s-g(r)u (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*s-g(r)u

elbow
cubit

Descendants

Old Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) /*t-k⟨r⟩uʔ/ (B-S), /*tkuʔ/ (ZS) "elbow"
- Middle Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) trjuwX (/ʈɨu^X/) "elbow"

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→ Japanese: 肘 (ちゅう, chū)
Korean: 주 (肘, ju)
Vietnamese: trửu (肘)

- - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 肘 (zhǒu, /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/, “elbow”)
  - Cantonese
    - Guangzhou: 肘 (/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/, “elbow”)
- Min Nan
  - Xiamen: 肘 (/tiu⁵³/, “elbow”)
Manipuri [Meitei]: খুদুপ (khudup, “cubit”)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: གྲེ་མོ (gre mo, “elbow”), གྲུ (gru, “corner”), གྲུ་མོ (gru mo, “elbow”)
    - Sherpa: གྲེ་མུང (gre mung)
Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
  - Tangut: 𗈒 (*kjiwr², “elbow”)