Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/qə-

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

Prefix

*qə-

  1. animal name prefix

Reconstruction notes

Only transparently attested in Tibetan and rGyalrongic. This uvular animal prefix is not to be confused with a synonymous velar prefix *kə-; both prefixes coexist in Japhug. Both the velar and uvular prefixes merge into a single velar prefix in Tibetan.

Descendants

  • Bodish:
    • Tibetic:
      • ⇒ Tibetan: གཡང་དཀར་ (g.yang dkar, “sheep”), གླག་ (glag, “eagle”), ཀླུ་ (klu, “naga”), གྲོག་མོ་ (grog mo, “ant”)
  • rGyalrongic:
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Khroskyabs: ʁ-
    • rGyalrong:
      • Japhug: qa-
      • Situ: kə-
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