Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/məʔ

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

Noun

*məʔ

  1. mother

Descendants

  • Chinese: 母 (OC *məʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *(a)ma (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Ersuic: *æmæ (Yu, 2012)
    • Ersu: ama (/⁠a⁵⁵ma⁵⁵⁠/)
    • Lizu: æmæ
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *ma (“female”, augmentative element)
      • Naxi: meil (/⁠me⁵⁵⁠/)
      • Narua: miq (/⁠mi˩˧⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠mie⁠/)
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