Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-k(j)aːj

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: *d-k(y)aːy ⪤ *d-k(y)aːn (Matisoff, STEDT); *d-kaːy (Benedict, 1972); *d-kɑːy (Chou, 1972)

Noun

*d-k(j)aːj

  1. crab

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 蟹 (*ɡreːʔ) /*m-kˤreʔ/ (B-S), /*ɡreːʔ/ (ZS) (“crab”)
    • Middle Chinese: 蟹 /ɦˠɛX/

      → Japanese: 蟹 (げ, ​ge)
      Korean: 해 (蟹, hae)
      Vietnamese: giải (蟹)

      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 蟹 (xiè) /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/ (“crab”)
      • Cantonese:
        • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: 蟹 (haai5) /hɑːi̯¹³/ (“crab”)
    • Min:
      • Coastal Min:
        • Min Nan:
          • Hokkien:
            • Xiamen: 蟹 /hue²²/ (“crab”)
  • Tani:
    *ke ~ kjo (“crab”) (Sun, 1993)
    • Western Tani
      • Nyishi: taci (“crab”)
  • Kuki-Chin:
    *kaay ~ ŋaay-kuaŋ (“lobster, prawn, shrimp”), *ʔaay (“crab”) (VanBik, 2009)
    • Central Chin
      • Mizo: ai (“crab”), kaikuang (“lobster, water prawn”)
  • Tangkhulic
    • Tangkhul Naga: khaireu (“crab”)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • Boro-Garo
    • Garo: ang·ke
    • Atong: khen•
    • Kokborok: khangrai
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish

See also

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