Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/maŋ

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman:
    • *s-maŋ ("body/corpse": Matisoff 2003; STEDT)

For the relation between the verb meaning "to disappear" and the nouns meaning "corpse, body", see Schuessler (2007, p. 507), Jacques (2014)^[1] and Lai (2025).^[2]

Compounding of this word with *sij (“to die”) is frequent.

*maŋ

1. to go away
2. to be lost, disappear
3. to die

• Chinese: (see there for further descendants)
  • 亡 (OC *maŋ (B-S))
  • 喪 / 丧 (OC *s-mˤaŋ (B-S))
• rGyalrongic
  • West rGyalrongic
    • Horpa
      • Stau: rɲi (“corpse”) (Mazur)
      • Tangut: 𘔲 (*mji̱j¹, “corpse”), 𗰐 (*mjij², “to die”)
    • Khroskyabs: jmô (“corpse”) (Wobzi)
• Naic
  • Proto-Naish: *maɣ
    • Naxi: muq
    • Narua: mo (classifier for corpses)
    • ⇒ Proto-Naish: *Sni maɣ
      • Naxi: ximuq (/⁠çi³³mu²¹⁠/)
      • Narua: hinmo (/⁠hĩ˧mo˩⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠hĩ˩mu˩⁠/)
• Lolo-Burmese
  • Burmish
    • Achang: mvng (“carcass”)
    • Pela: mɔ̃⁵⁵ (“corpse”)
  • Loloish
    • Northern Loloish
      • ⇒ Nuosu: ꂾꈠ (mox gguo, “corpse”), ꊿꂿ (co mo, “corpse”)
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho: mang (“corpse”)
• Bodo-Garo
  • ⇒ Garo: bimang (“body”), manggisi (“corpse”)
• Proto-Northern Naga: *maŋ (“corpse”)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *maŋ (“to get lost, disappear, die out”)
• Proto-Central Naga: *a-maŋ (“body, corpse”)
• ⇒ Proto-Tani: *si-maŋ (“dead body”) (compound with *sij (“to die”))
• Newaric
  • Newar: म्ह (mha, “body”), ⇒ सीम्ह (sīmha, “dead body”)