Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m(r)əj

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: *maːy, *moy (Matisoff, 1985 and 2003); *mway (STEDT)

Verb

*m(r)əj

  1. to be beautiful, pretty

Descendants

  • Chinese: 美 (OC *[m]rəjʔ) (see there for further descendants)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: mai (“to be good”), moi (“perfectly”)
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *maːy (“good”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *mǒoy
    • Central Chin
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