Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsa

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsa ~ za

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: *dzar/tsar (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tsa (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

[1] Salt pan.

Root

*tsa

salt, salty, salted

Descendants

Old Chinese: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) /*ɴ-tsˤaj/ (B-S), /*zlaːl/ (ZS) ("salt")
- Middle Chinese: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) /dzɑ/
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) (cuó, /t͡sʰu̯ɔ³⁵/)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”)
      - Sherpa: ཚྭ (tshwa)
    - Eastern
      - Kurtöp: ཚ (tsha)
Tangut-Qiang
- Tangut: 𗰃 (*tshjɨ², “salt”)
- Qiangic
  - Northern Qiang: ce
  - rGyalrongic
    - Situ: tsʰe (“salt”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Burmic
      - Burmese: ဆား (hca:, “salt”) /sʰá/
      - Achang: tɕhɔ³¹ (“salt”) (Longchuan)
    - Maruic
      - Pela: tʰa³⁵ (“salt”)
      - Lhao Vo: xo꞉ (“salt”)
      - Zaiwa: co (“salt”)
      - Lashi: xoo” (“salt”)
  - Loloish
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꋂ (ce, “salt”)
    - Central Loloish
      - Lisu (Northern): ꓞꓽ ꓐꓳꓺ (tsʰɑ̀ bo̱, “salt”), ꓞꓼ ꓐꓳꓺ (tsʰɑ̱̀ bo̱, “salt”)
Proto-Karen: *saᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
- S'gaw Karen: အံသၣ် (ʼee thà)
- Western Kayah: ꤤ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (ìthàe), ꤢꤩ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (èthàe)
→ Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ntsjəuˣ