Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsap

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

Etymology 1

    Reconstruction

    • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
      • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tsap (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

    A very scarcely-attested root.

    Verb

    *tsap

    1. to repay, pay back
    Descendants
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Tibetan: འཚབ ('tshab)
    • Naic
    • Lolo-Burmese

    Etymology 2

      Reconstruction

      For the comparison between the Lolo-Burmese and Chinese terms, see Schuessler (2007:299). For the added Naish comparison, see Jacques (2022b).

      STEDT wrongly conflates this root with *tsjək (“Setaria italica”).

      Noun

      *tsap

      1. some kind of grain
      Descendants
      • Chinese: 穄 (OC *[ts][a][t]-s (B-S), “Panicum miliaceum”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Naic
        • Naish
          • Naxi: ciul (“Setaria italica”)
      • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *tsap
        • Burmish
          • Burmese: ဆပ် (hcap, “Setaria italica”)
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