Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/qV-luʔ

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: *k-lu (STEDT)

STEDT identifies the pre-initial as a reduced form of *mV-qow (“head”), which must have had a uvular due to its West rGyalrongic reflexes. Sagart (2022) seems to also believe the *k- pre-initial reflects an old uvular, but for more questionable reasons (he compares this word to Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”)).

Noun

*qV-luʔ

  1. head
    Synonyms: *mV-qow, *tV-pu

Descendants

  • Chinese: 首 (OC *l̥uʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *luu
    • Central
  • Proto-Karen: *kləɁᴰ
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