Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pral

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: *brɨal (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *(b/p)ral (STEDT)

The comparison of the Tibetan verbs to Chinese and Burmese cognates is principally championed by Hill (2019: 32). The Miju term is placed here by STEDT.

Verb

*pral

  1. to separate
  2. to spread, disperse

Descendants

  • Chinese: 披 (OC *pʰ(r)aj (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: འཕྲལ ('phral), འབྲལ ('bral)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Miju: phrǖl (“erosion”)
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