Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-liŋ

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-liŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972)

Noun

*mV-liŋ

field
forest

Descendants

Chinese: 田 (/*lˤiŋ/ (B-S), /*lʼiːŋ/ (ZS), “field, farmland; to cultivate, to farm; to hunt”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Bodish: *liŋ
- Tibetic
  - Tibetan: ཞིང (zhing)
- Dakpa-Dzala
  - Dakpa: ལེང (leng)
- East Bodish
  - Khengkha: ལེང (leng)
  - Kurtöp: ལེང (leng, “garden”), ⇒ ས་ལེང (saleng)
rGyalrongic
- East rGyalrongic
  - Japhug: tɯ-ji (“field”)
Naic
- Proto-Naish: *li
  - Naxi: lee (/⁠ɭɯ³³⁠/)
  - Narua: lu (/⁠lv̩˧⁠/)
Jingpho-Asakian
- Jingpho: maling (“forest”)
Boro-Garo
- Garo: burung (“jungle”)