Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-tsij

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: *r-tsəj (STEDT)

    Noun

    *r-tsij

    1. medicine
    2. juice
    3. paint

    Descendants

    • Chinese: 漆 (OC *[tsʰ]i[t] (B-S), “lacquer, paint”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Himalayish
      • Tibeto-Kanauri
        • Bodic
          • Tibetan
            • Tibetan: རྩི (rtsi, “juice; medicine; paint”)
    • Naic
      • Proto-Naish: *rtsʰi
        • ⇒ Naxi: cher'ee (/⁠ʈʂʰɚ³³ɰɯ³³⁠/)
        • ⇒ Narua: chaehree (/⁠ʈʂʰæ˧ɣɯ˧⁠/)
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꋌ (cy, “to wash”)
    • Jingpho-Asakian
      • Jingpho: tsi (“medicine”)
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