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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-bu-s

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

Etymology
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dbuɣ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-bu-s (Matisoff, STEDT); *(d-)bu (Chou, 1972); *(d-)bu (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *-u (LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

*d-bu-s

  1. head

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: uncertain, perhaps 頭／头
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: དབུ (dbu, “head”)
    • Kiranti
      /*ʔpu/ ("head") (Opgenort, 2011)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: u baw (“head”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      /*ʔu²/ (Matisoff, 2003)
      • Burmish
        • Written Burmese: ဦး (u:, “head”)
      • Loloish
        /*u²/ (Bradley, 1979)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꀑ (o, “head (literary); tip, peak”), also ꀍ (uo) in compounds
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓪꓴꓸ (wú, “head, top, beginning”)

See also
  • *m/s-gaw (“head”)
  • *s-muːr (“mouth, lip, face”)
  • *s-mjal (“face”)
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