Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rV-luŋ

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: *r-luŋ (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003)

For the East rGyalrongic cognates, see Lai (2024).[1]

Noun

*rV-luŋ

  1. stone

Descendants

  • Tshangla: ལུང (lung)
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug:
      • Situ: (Brag-bar)
      • Zbu: tɣó
  • Proto-Naish: *lu
    • Naxi: lv (/⁠lv̩³³⁠/, stone, rock)
    • Narua: lu (/⁠lv̩˧⁠/, stone)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Karen: *loŋᴮ
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *luŋ
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: nlung
  • Proto-Bodo-Garo: *loŋ²
    • Dimasa: long (bound element), longthai
    • Garo: ro·ong
    • Kokborok: holong
  • Proto-Central Naga: *luŋ
  • Manipuri: ꯅꯨꯡ (nung)
  • Lepcha: ᰜᰴ (lang)
  • Karbi: arlong

References

  1. ^ Lai, Yunfan (2024), “Musk deer are inherited: The reconstruction of the onset *t.ɬj- in Proto-Gyalrongic”, in Journal of Historical Linguistics, →DOI, →ISSN