Jump to content

Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s/ɡ-la

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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/ɡ-la (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-la ⪤ *g-la = *s-gla (LaPolla, 1987); *s-la ⪤ g-la, *s-gla (Benedict, 1972); *s-gla, *g-la (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

[edit]

*ɡ-la

  1. moon
  2. month

Descendants

[edit]
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Dzongkha–Lhokä
          • Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba, moon)
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba, moon, month)
            • Situ: zlawa (moon)
  • Kiranti
    • Eastern
      • Greater Yakkha
      • Upper Arun
  • Tangut-Qiang
  • Nungish
    • Drung: svla (moon)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Proto-Karen: *Ɂlaᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khlaa
    • Khomic
      • Khumi Chin: law

See also

[edit]