Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj

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: *ts(y)i(y) ~ *tsyay (Matisoff, STEDT); *ts(y)i(y) (Benedict, 1972); *tsyay (Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

*ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numerals
ONE	*ʔit *kat *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik
TWO	*g/s-ni-s
THREE	*g-sum
FOUR	*b-ləj
FIVE	*l/b-ŋa
SIX	*d-k-ruk
SEVEN	*s-ni-s
EIGHT	*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat
NINE	*d/s-kəw
TEN	*gip *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
TWENTY	*m-kul
HUNDRED	*b-r-gja
THOUSAND	*s-tawŋ

1. ten

Descendants

• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: shi (“ten”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: བཅུ (bcu, “ten”)
      • Eastern Bodish:
        • Kurtöp: ཆེ (che)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Garo: chiking (“ten”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese

    /*tsay¹/ ("ten") (Matisoff, 2003)

    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ဆယ် (hcai, “ten”)
    • Loloish

      /*tsay¹/ ("ten") (Bradley, 1979)

      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꊰ (ci, “ten”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓞꓲꓻ (tsʰɨ, “ten”), ꓝꓲꓻ (tsɨ, “ten (in compounds)”)
• Proto-Karen: *chejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
• Baic

  Bai: zairt (“ten”)

See also

• *gip (“ten”)