Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-tsjup

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: *m-ts(y)(u/i)p (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Verb

*mV-tsjup

  1. to suck

Descendants

  • Chinese: 噆 (OC *tsˤ[ə]p, “hold in mouth; bite, sting”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
  • Tshangla: ཞུམ་པེ (zhum pe)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *tsʰji (“to suck”)
      • Naxi: qil
      • Narua: qiqi
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩ tsʰi˩⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: chyup (“to suck”)
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *C̬-cuːp (“to suck”), *C̬-cʰup (“to kiss”)
  • Proto-Central Naga: *m-tshəp
  • Newaric
    • Newar: चुप्पा (cuppā, “kiss”)
  • Manipuri: ꯆꯨꯞ (cup, “to suck, kiss”)

See also

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