Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rV-sa

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-sa (Benedict, 1972)

The affricate in Bodish is epenthetic, to break up the initial cluster *rs.

Noun

*rV-sa

  1. vein
  2. sinew

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *(r)tsa
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: རྩ (rtsa)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: ཙ (tsa)
      • Dzala: ཙ (tsa)
    • East Bodish
      • Bumthangkha: ཙ (tsa)
      • Khengkha: ཙ (tsa)
      • Kurtöp: ཙ (tsa)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thaa (“sinew, tendon; strength”)
    • Central
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • Proto-Central Naga: *a-saʔ
  • Lepcha: ᰣᰦᰠᰨ (ʔáso, “vein, fibre”)
  • Karbi: artho (“vein, nerve”)
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