Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-pjər

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: *byer, *pjur (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman:
      • *byer, *pur~pir (Chou, 1972)
      • *byer, *pur ⪤ *pir (Matisoff, 2003)
      • *byar ⪤ *p(i/u)r (STEDT)

The vowel in this word is highly variable across Sino-Tibetan, showing both *i ~ *jə and *i ~ *u variation.

The combination of a loose pre-initial in Old Chinese and root voicing in Bodo-Garo and Tani imply a *NV- pre-initial; this is also heavily implied by Karbi, where ing- is a regular reflex of pre-initial *m-.

Verb

*mV-pjər

  1. to fly
    Synonym: *mV-pjam

Descendants

  • Chinese: 飛 / 飞 (OC *Cə.pə[r] (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
  • Proto-Bodo-Garo: *pir¹
    • Bodo (India): बिर (bir)
    • Dimasa: bur
    • Garo: bila
  • Proto-Tani: *bjar
  • Chepangic
    • Chepang: पुरःसा (“to swarm around (especially of flies)”)
  • Karbi: ingjar
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