Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pV-rja(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: *priaʔ (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-r-gya (Matisoff, STEDT); *r-gya (Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *r-gyɑ (Chou, 1972).

It appears that this root was influenced by the root for "eight" (*pV-rjat), despite the fact that these two numerals are not neighbours in linear order.

Numeral

*pV-rja(k)

**Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 10	← 20	100	1,000 →
		10^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: *pV-rja(k)

hundred

Descendants

Chinese: 百 (OC /*pˤrak/ (B-S), /*praːɡ/ (ZS)) (see there for further descendants)
Bodish
- Tibetan: བརྒྱ (brgya)
rGyalrongic
- West rGyalrongic
  - Horpa
    - Geshiza: rjə
    - Tangut: 𘊝 (*ꞏjir²)
  - Khroskyabs: rjî
- East rGyalrongic
  - Japhug: ɣurʑa
  - Situ: pərɟa
Naic
- Proto-Naish: *hi
  - Naxi: xi
  - Narua: xie
Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
  - Burmic
    - Old Burmese: ရျာ (ryā)
      - Burmese: ရာ (ra)
  - Maruic
    - Pela: ja⁵⁵
- Proto-Loloish:
  - Nuosu: ꉐ (hxa)
  - Lahu: ha
→ Proto-Karen: *g-rjaᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
- S'gaw Karen: ကယၤ (ka yā, “hundred”) (one hundred is called တကယၤ (ta ka yā), etc)