Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lV-taʔ

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: *l-ta-t-s (Matisoff, 2003)

This verb is only securely attested in Chinese and Bodish.

Verb

*lV-taʔ

  1. to look at, see

Descendants

  • Chinese: (OC *tˤaʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *(l)ta
    • Tibetic
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: ཏེ (te /⁠te55⁠/)
      • Dzala: ཏེ (te)
    • East Bodish
      • Khengkha: (ta)
      • Kurtöp: (ta)