Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-maŋ ~ s-mak

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: *s-mak ⪤ s-maŋ (Matisoff, 1983); *smək (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-maŋ ⪤ *s-mak (Matisoff, STEDT)

Adjective

*s-maŋ ~ s-mak

  1. black
  2. dark
  3. ink
  4. deep

Descendants

  • Chinese: 墨 (*C.mˁək (B-S); mlɯːg (ZS), “ink”), 黑 (*m̥ˁək, dial. *m̥ˁ- › xˁ- (B-S); *m̥lɯːg (ZS), “black”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”)

See also

  • *nək (“black”) - a similar root; possibly descendant of this etymon, from assimilation of the root initial (in place of articulation) by the prefix *s-.
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