Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-qjawk

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: *s-k-ywak (STEDT)

STEDT and Hill (2019) do not accept Baxter & Sagart's reconstruction of *(m-)tewk for Chinese 勺. They instead amend it to *(m-)t.qewk. Hill also omits Burmese ယောက် (yauk, “ladle”) in his book.

Noun

*s-qjawk

  1. ladle, spoon

Descendants

  • Chinese: 勺 (OC *m-tewk (B-S); *m-t-qewk (Hill & STEDT)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སྐྱོགས (skyogs)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *shuak (“to scoop”)
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