Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-la(k)

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:
      • *b-la (Benedict, 1972)
      • *g/b/m-la-y (STEDT)

Noun

*mV-la(k)

  1. arrow

Descendants

  • Chinese: 射 (OC *Cə.lAk-s (B-S), “to shoot”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *mla
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Nungish
    • Drung: tvma
    • Rawang: tvmá
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Bodo (India): बोरला (bwrla)
    • Dimasa: balâ, bla
    • Garo: bra
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • ⇒ Proto-Northern Naga: *laᴮ dzaːn
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *la (“bow, arrow”)
    • Tangkhul Naga: mala, malathing
  • Proto-Karen: *blaᴮ
  • Newar: बला (balā)
  • Chepangic
    • Chepang: लाः

See also

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