Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-kul

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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

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: xwjul (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: s-kul (Matisoff, STEDT)

In Chinese words belonging to this root appear only as prefixed or suffixed forms. Old Chinese (OC *qʰuns, “to instruct”) has the exoactive suffix *-s. Also, (OC *ɢljuns, “to agree; to be docile”) is quite possibly related to (OC *ljun, “to follow”) and (OC *sɢljun, “to follow”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Verb

*s-kul

  1. to instruct, explain, admonish

Descendants

  • Old Chinese:
     / (xùn) /*l̥un-s/ (dial. *l̥- > *x-) (B-S), /*qʰuns/ (ZS) ("to instruct")
     / (shùn) /*Cə.lun-s/ (B-S), /*ɢljuns/ (ZS) ("to be agreeable, docile"); (xún) /*sə.lun/ (B-S), /*ljun/ (ZS) ("to follow");  / (xùn) /*sə.lun/ (B-S), /*sɢljun/ (ZS) ("to follow")
    • Middle Chinese:
       / (xjunH /⁠hɨunH⁠/, to instruct)
       / (zywinH /⁠ʑiuɪnH⁠/, to be agreeable); (zwin /⁠ziuɪn⁠/, to follow);  / (zwin /⁠ziuɪn⁠/, to follow)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing:  / (xùn, /ɕyn⁵¹/, to instruct);  / (shùn, /ʂu̯ən⁵¹/, to be agreeable); (xún, /ɕyn³⁵/, to follow);  / (xún, /ɕyn⁵¹/, to follow)
      • Yue
        • Cantonese:  / (/fɐn³³/, to instruct);  / (/sɵn²²/, to be agreeable); (/t͡ɕʰɵn²¹/, to follow);  / (/sɵn²¹/, to follow)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen:  / (/hun²¹/, to instruct);  / (/sun²²/, to be agreeable); (/sun²⁴/, to follow);  / (/sun²⁴/, to follow)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: སྐུལ་བ (skul ba, to exhort); བསྐུལ་བ (bskul ba, to urge; exhortation)