Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/srək

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

Reconstruction

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *sr(y)ak (STEDT)

Root

*srək

shame
shy

Descendants

Chinese: 色 (OC /*s.rək/ (B-S), “colour”) (see there for further descendants)
rGyalrongic:
- rGyalrong:
  - Japhug: tɤ-zraʁ
Naic:
- Naish: *sraɣ?
  - Naxi: shelddoq (/⁠ʂɤ⁵⁵dø²¹⁠/, “to be shy”)
  - Narua: sheddo (/⁠ʂɤ˧do˧˥⁠/, “ashamed”)
Lolo-Burmese:
- Burmish:
  - Burmese: ရှက် (hrak)
  - Marma: hraʔ
- Loloish: s-rakᴸ (Bradley, 1979)
  - Lisu: ꓢꓸ ꓔꓳꓺ (sɑ́ to̱)
  - Nasu: [Term?] (/⁠ʂa⁵⁵tɔ⁵⁵⁠/)
  - Nuosu: ꎲ (shot), ꎲꄏ (shot do /⁠ʂo⁵⁵to³³⁠/)
  - Nusu: [Term?] (/⁠xɹa̱⁵³⁠/)