Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pa

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:

Do not confuse this with *paʔ (“father”); Chinese clearly tells the two words apart. Most of the Burmish entries in STEDT's *pʷa also rather belong here for semantic reasons.

Noun

*pa

  1. male
  2. man
  3. husband

Descendants

  • Chinese: 夫 (OC *p(r)a (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: པ (pa, agentive suffix)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ဖ (hpa., forms some male nouns, like "rooster")
      • Pela: pju⁵⁵
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *paa (“male”), *waa (“husband”)
  • Proto-Central Naga: *pa (“he”)
  • Proto-Karen: *phaᴬ (“male animal”)
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