Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ʔa

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ʔa (STEDT)

A rare alternative numeral "one" with peculiar distributions in every subfamily it is attested in.

  • The Southern Muji form is highly isolated within Lolo-Burmese, being the only word for "one" in all of Lolo-Burmese to not begin with a coronal consonant (that characterizes descendants of *kV-tek)
  • In Rma, a reflex of *ʔa is used for the number "one" proper but 11, 21, 31, etc. are formed with *kV-tek.
  • In West rGyalrongic, the reflexes of *ʔa are used instead of *kV-tek whenever a classifier is needed.

Numeral

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers (edit)
10[a], [b]
1 2  →  10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: *kV-tek, *ʔa, *ʔit, *kat

*ʔa

  1. one

Descendants

  • Sinitic (unattested in Old Chinese)
    • Bai
      • Central Bai: a
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa: æ
        • Tangut: 𗈪 (*ꞏja)
      • Khroskyabs: ə̂
  • Rma
    • Northern Qiang: a
    • Southern Qiang: à
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Southeastern Loloish
        • Southern Muji: a²¹
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