Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ngyaɣ (Coblin, 1986); *ŋyɑ (Chou, 1972) Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ŋya (Matisoff, STEDT); *ngya (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *ŋya (LaPolla, 1987;...
Wanderwort believed to have spread from an unknown source to Turkic, Sino-Tibetan and Austroasiatic languages. According to several sources, ultimately...
(Classical) Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”) > Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”) > Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”) Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak...
from Old Chinese 馬 (OC *mraːʔ), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ (“horse”). See the Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry for more details. The ma sound denoting...
suggests a Sino-Tibetan origin. *hləwˣ bamboo ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2021) “Chapter 11: Hmong-Mien and Rgyalrongic”, in Kupchik, John, Alonso de la Fuente...