Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-duŋ/k ~ m-tuŋ/k

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: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-duŋ/k ⪤ *m-tuŋ/k (Matisoff, STEDT)

Possibly from Proto-Malayic *duduk (whence Malay duduk)

Verb

*k

to sit

Descendants

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: འདུག་པ ('dug pa, “to be, stay, sit”)
Jingpho-Asakian
- Jingpho
  - Jingpho [Kachin]: dung (“sit”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Written Burmese: ထိုင် (htuing, “to sit”)

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