Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rwəʔ

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: *rɣwjɨaɣ (Coblin, 1986); *rwə (Schuessler, 2007)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r/g-wa (STEDT)

Noun

*rwəʔ

  1. village

Descendants

  • Chinese: (OC *(mə.)rəʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Stau: rəvə
  • Naic
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Nungish
    • Rawang: rvwá