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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sja-n

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: *sya-n (Matisoff, STEDT); *sya (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987; Michailovsky, 1991); *śɑ (Chou, 1972)

Noun

*sja-n

  1. meat, flesh, body, animal

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: possibly 腊 /*sjaːɡ/ (ZS) ("dried meat")
    • Middle Chinese: 腊 (siᴇk)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 腊 (xī, /ɕi⁵⁵/)
  • Kamarupan
    • "North Assam"
    • Kuki-Chin
      /*shaa/ ("meat, flesh, animal") (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Lushai [Mizo]: sa (“flesh, meat, animal food”)
    • "Naga"
      • Tangkhulic
        /*sa/ ("flesh, meat, animal") (Mortensen, 2012)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཤ (sha, “meat, flesh”)
      • Tamangic
        *ᴬsja (“meat”) (Mazaudon, 1994)
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kiranti
        /*sa/ ("meat, flesh") (Opgenort, 2011)
        • Eastern Kiranti
          • Athpare: सा (sa, “meat”)
          • Yamphu: सा (sa, “meat”)
          • Yakkha: सा (sa, “meat”)
        • Western Kiranti
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: chaani
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: shan (“meat”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        /*sa²/ ("meat, flesh") (Weidert, 1987)
        • Lahu: šā
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꎸ (she, “meat”)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓧꓪꓽ (xwɑ̀, “meat”)

See also
  • *s-nja-k ~ hjak (“meat, flesh”)
  • *r-sa (“vein, sinew, internal channel, pulse”)
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