Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tap

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:
      • *tap (Benedict, 1972)
      • *g-tap ⪤ g-dap (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Probably in an allofamic relationship with *rap (“fireplace, mantel”) (Benedict, 1972:19).

Noun

*tap

  1. fireplace, hearth

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *tʰap
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: ཐབ (thab)
    • East Bodish
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *tap
    • Central
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • ⇒ Proto-Bodo-Garo: *thap⁴-la (“ashes”) (compound with *pla (“ashes”))
    • Dimasa: thâpla
    • Garo: tapra
    • Kokborok: thapla (“ashes”)
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *təp (“hearth”)
  • Central Naga
    • Ao: atep (“hearth”)
  • ⇒ Chepang: म्‍हेःताप् (“fireplace”), थाप्‌बाङ् (“fireplace stone”)
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