Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sij

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: *syid (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *səy (Matisoff, STEDT; French, 1983); *səy, *siy (Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972); *siy = *səy (LaPolla, 1987); *siy (Benedict, 1972; Michailovsky, 1991); *syiy(?) (Coblin, 1986)

Chinese  / (corpse) perhaps belongs here too.

Verb

*sij

  1. to die

Descendants

  • Chinese: (/*sijʔ/ (B-S); /*l̥jiʔ/ (ZS), to die) (see there for further descendants)
  • Himalayish
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𗈶 (*sjɨ¹, to die), 𗴨 (*sjɨ̣¹, to die)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: si
      • Situ: (ka)ʃi, -ʃu
      • Tshobdun: set
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *rsi
      • Naxi: shee (/⁠ʂɯ˧⁠/)
      • Narua: shi (/⁠ʂɯ˧⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠sɯ˩⁠/)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *səj¹ (to die)
    • Proto-Burmish: *ʃi
    • Proto-Loloish: *ʃe² (to die)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Nuosu: (sy, to die; to extinguish, to smother)
      • Central Loloish
  • Boro-Garo
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: si (to die)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thii, *thiʔ (to die)
    • Central Chin
      • Mizo: thi, thih (to die)
  • Proto-Karen: *sejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Tujia
    • Northern Tujia: [Term?] (/⁠siě35⁠/)
    • Southern Tujia: [Term?] (/⁠sie33⁠/)
  • Pyu (Myanmar): hi

See also

  • *g/b-sat (to kill)
  • *sreŋ (to live, alive, green, raw, to give birth)