Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m̥əq

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

See Lai (2023) for the comparanda.[1]

Noun

*m̥əq

  1. lake, pond

Descendants

  • Chinese: (OC *m̥ˤəʔ (B-S), large lake, sea) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Tangut: 𗿟 (*mju̱²)
      • Khroskyabs: rbó
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Situ: (Cogtse) tʃiwok, (Brag-bar) ɟinbok
  • Tani
    • Eastern Tani

References

  1. ^ Lai, Yunfan (2023), “On plosive-nasal correspondences and alternations in Gyalrongic and their possible solutions”, in Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, volume 52, pages 1-39