Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kri

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kri(y) (Benedict, 1972); *kri-t (STEDT)

Verb

*kri

  1. to fear, be afraid

Descendants

  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: ཁྲི་ལེ་བ (khri le ba, “fear”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *kriʔ
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Bodo (India): गि (gi)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: hkrit
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *ci
    • Tangkhul Naga: khangachi
  • Manipuri: ꯀꯤ (ki)
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