Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-min

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-min (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Verb

*sV-min

  1. to be ripe

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *(s)min
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སྨིན (smin, “to ripen”)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠men35⁠/)
    • East Bodish
      • Bumthangkha: མེན་ན (menna)
      • Khengkha: མེན་ན (menna)
      • Kurtöp: མེ́ན་པ ('menpa)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *s-min¹
    • Burmish
    • Proto-Loloish: *s-miŋ³
  • Nungish
    • Drung: min
    • Rawang: nø̀n
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *hmin
  • Bodo-Garo
    • ⇒ Bodo (India): गोमोन (gwmwn)
    • Dimasa: mun, min, ⇒ gumun
    • Garo: mina, ⇒ mingipa
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *min
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • Proto-Central Naga: *hmən
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *min
    • Tangkhul Naga: khamin
  • Proto-Karen: *hminᴬ
  • Proto-Tani: *min
  • Karbi: men (“to be ripe”)
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