Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 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: *tjək (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tak ⪤ *dak (Matisoff, STEDT); *dak (Mortensen, 2012); *d-rak, *tak=*trak (LaPolla, 1987); *trak ~ *tak (Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972); *trɑk ~ *tɑk (Chou, 1972)

NB: Some Tibeto-Burman languages have a variant (or a different etymon) with *r-initial. Some (e.g. Schuessler, 2007) posit *t- ~ *r- proto-variation in this root, akin to the *r- variant in *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”).

Verb

*tak ~ dak

  1. to weave, to plait

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 織 / 织 (zhī) /*tək/ (B-S) ("to weave"), /*tək-s/ (B-S) ("woven cloth")
    • Middle Chinese: 織 / 织 (t͡ɕɨk, t͡ɕɨH)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 織 / 织 (zhī, /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, “to weave”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: འཐག་པ ('thag pa, “to weave”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese: *rak ⪤ *tak/*dak ⪤ *k-rak (LaPolla, 1987)
      • Burmish
        • Written Burmese: ရက် (rak, “to weave”) (see note above), Burmese: ဆက် (hcak, “to connect”) (?).
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia