Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kiw

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: *(g/k)u (STEDT)

Noun

*kiw

  1. owl

Descendants

  • Chinese:  / (MC *kew) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: pɣɤ-khɯ
      • Situ: pka-khə̄ (Cogtse), pow-khū (Brag-bar)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: u hku
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *kʰu
  • Karbi: ingkhu
  • Chepangic
    • Chepang: पकुवाः