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
        • Khaling: सो़ (sö, “flesh, meat”)
        • Dumi: सु (su, “meat”)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Garo: chaani
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: shan (“meat”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: သား (sa:), အသား (a.sa:, “meat, flesh”)
    • 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”)