Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tV-qəp

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: *kəm ~ *kəp (Schuessler, 2007)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kap (Matisoff, 2003)

Prefixed with *tV- (indefinite possessive prefix).

Noun

*tV-qəp

  1. needle

Descendants

  • Chinese: 針 / 针 (OC /*t.[k]əm/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *kʰap (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Geshiza: ɣəu
        • Tangut: 𘖧 (*ɣa¹)
      • Khroskyabs: ʁɑ̂v
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: taqaβ
      • Situ: takap (Cogtse), tawiɛ́p (Bragbar)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *Ckap
      • Naxi: goq (/⁠kø²¹⁠/)
      • Narua: woq (/⁠ʁo˧˥⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese
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