Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s/p-wa

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-wa ⪤ *p-wa (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-wa (Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972; Michailovsky, 1991)

There appears to be no Chinese reflex. Chinese 牙 (yá) is from *d-ŋa (“tusk, tooth”), and 齒 / 齿 (chǐ) is etymologically unclear. There is yet another root *m-dzjwaj (“tooth, tusk”).

Noun

*p-wa

  1. tooth

Descendants

  • Jingpho-Luish:
    • Jingpho: wa (“tooth”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: སོ (so, “tooth”)
        • East Bodish:
  • Newaric
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: wa (“tooth”)
      • Atong (India): wa (“tooth”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        /*swa²/ (Bradley, 1979)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lolopo (Yao'an): ser (“tooth”)
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