Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t

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: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ləy-t ⪤ *s-rəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-liy (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *(s-)ləy (Chou, 1972); *(s-)ləy, *s-liy (Weidert, 1987)

Schuessler (2007) relates Chinese 輊／轾 (zhì) ("the chariot roof tilts forward") to this root.

*s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t

1. heavy

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ལྕི་བ (lci ba, “heavy”), ལྗིད་པ (ljid pa, “heaviness, weight”)
      • Eastern
        • Kurtöp: ཇིན (jin)
• Jingpho-Luish:
  • Jingpho: li (“heavy”)
• Lolo-Burmese
  • Burmish
    • Written Burmese: လေး (le:, “heavy”)
  • Loloish
    • Northern Loloish
      • Yi: ꇖ (ly) (as in ꀉꇖ (ax ly, “heavy”))
    • Central Loloish
      • Lolopo: lir (“heavy”)
• Naish:
  • Naic:
    • Naxi: lee (“heavy”)
• Nungish:
  • Rawang: li (“heavy”)
  • Trung/Drung/Dulong: vli (“heavy”)

• *s-naːŋ (“heavy; thick, viscous”)