Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/paj

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: *(p/b)ay (STEDT)

Verb

*paj

  1. to break

Descendants

  • Chinese: (OC /*pʰˤaj-s/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Bodo-Garo: *bai² (intransitive), *phai² (transitive)
    • Dimasa: baj, spaj