Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b(j/r)a

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: *b(y/r)a (STEDT)
    • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *bya (STEDT)

Noun

*r)a

  1. bird
  2. bee

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Proto-Bodish: *bʲa (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Qiangic:
    • Northern Qiang: bbu
  • Proto-Ersuic: *bi
    • Ersu: bzɿ³³ (“honeybee”)
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