Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pʷak
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *prwag (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *pʷak (Matisoff, STEDT); *pwak (LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; Coblin, 1986) *pak ~ pwak (Weidert, 1987)
Noun
*pʷak
Descendants
- Old Chinese: 豝 (bā) /*pˤra/ (B-S); /*praː/ (ZS) ("sow, female pig")
- Himalayish
- Sal
- Tangut-Qiang
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Proto-Kuki-Chin: *wok
- Northern
- Zou: vok
- Northern
References
- Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, London: Cambridge University Press, page 23