Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sr-la

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: sr̩la (Miyake, 2024)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s/ɡ-la (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-la ⪤ *g-la = *s-gla (LaPolla, 1987); *s-la ⪤ g-la, *s-gla (Benedict, 1972); *s-gla, *g-la (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*sr-la

  1. moon
  2. month

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *zla
    • Tibetic
      • Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
      • Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: ལེ (le)
    • East Bodish
      • Kurtöp: ལ́ ('la), ལ́་དར ('ladar), ལ́་དད ('ladat), ལ́་ལ ('lala)
  • Kiranti
    • Eastern
      • Greater Yakkha
      • Upper Arun
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𗼑 (*lhjị²)
    • East rGyalrongic
  • Qiangic
    • Northern Qiang: hlhuxiu
  • Ersuic
    • Ersu: ɬá
  • Nungish
    • Drung: svla (moon)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *Cla
      • Naxi: hei (/⁠he³³⁠/)
      • Narua: lhi (/⁠ɬi˧⁠/) (only in compounds)
    • Namuyi: lhi
  • Proto-Karen: *Ɂlaᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khlaa
    • Khomic
      • Khumi Chin: law
  • Pyu (Myanmar): rla

See also

  • *ku-ni(k) (sun)
  • *s-ŋʷ(j)a-t (star, moon)
  • *krəj (moon, moonlight)