Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pək

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: *pjək ~ bjək (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *baːk (STEDT)

Noun

*pək

  1. bat (flying mammal)

Descendants

  • Chinese: 蝠 (OC /*[p]ək/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ɓaak
    • Central Kuki-Chin
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *paak
  • Boro-Garo
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *C̬-bak
    • Tangsa-Nocte
      • Nocte: phak arang
    • Konyak-Chang
      • Konyak Naga: ëwpaak
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