Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-dzjwaj

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-dzyway (Matisoff, STEDT); *m-jway (Matisoff, 1985)

Chinese 齒／齿 (chǐ), listed by Matisoff (STEDT) as a reflex, is probably not related. Other roots for "tooth": *s/p-wa, *d-ŋa.

Noun

*m-dzjwaj

tooth, tusk

Descendants

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: མཆེ་བ (mche ba, “canine tooth, fang, tusk”)
Tangut-Qiang
- rGyalrongic
  - Situ: (ta)ndzwi (“tusk”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Written Burmese: စွယ် (cwai, “fang, tooth, tusk”)
  - Loloish
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꎐ (rry, “tooth”) (> ꎐꂷ (rry ma, “tooth”))

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