Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ɢʷraʔ

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: *rɣwjaɣ (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k/r/s-wa, *rwa-s (Matisoff, STEDT); *r-wa (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

The Chinese word family 隕 / 殞 / 霣 / 陨 / 殒 / 𫕥 (“to fall, to die, to rain”) is said to represent a rare ST parallel stem *(r)we (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also 雲 / 云 (yún) (/*ɢʷən/, "cloud").

Compare Proto-Tai *kraːᴮ (“gust (of rain)”) (Thai ห่า (hàa), Lao ຮ່າ (hā)).

Noun

*ɢʷraʔ

rain

Descendants

Chinese: 雨 (OC *C.ɢʷaʔ (B-S), *ɢʷaʔ (ZS), “rain”), 雨 (OC *ɢʷaʔ-s (B-S), *ɢʷas (ZS), “to rain”), 雩 (OC *ɢʷa (B-S), *ɢʷla (ZS), “sacrifice with prayer and dance for rain”) (see there for further descendants)
Himalayish
- Mahakiranti
  - Kiranti
    - Western Kiranti
      - Khaling: वो़ (wö, “rain”)
      - Dumi: हु (hu, “rain”)
Boro-Garo
- Garo: waa
Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
  - Burmese: ရွာ (rwa, “(of rain) to fall”)
- Loloish
  - Northern Loloish
    - Yi (Liangshan): ꉐ (hxa, “rain”) (literary) (> ꂷꉐ (ma hxa, “rain”))