Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-g(r)u

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-g(r)u (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*s-g(r)u

  1. elbow
  2. cubit

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) /*t-k⟨r⟩uʔ/ (B-S), /*tkuʔ/ (ZS) "elbow"
    • Middle Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) trjuwX (/ʈɨuX/) "elbow"
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→ Japanese: 肘 (ちゅう, ​chū)
Korean: 주 (肘, ju)
Vietnamese: trửu (肘)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 肘 (zhǒu, /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/, “elbow”)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 肘 (/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/, “elbow”)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: 肘 (/tiu⁵³/, “elbow”)
  • Manipuri : খুদুপ (khudup, “cubit”)
  • Himalayish
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗈒 (*kjiwr², “elbow”)
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