Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj

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: *ts(y)i(y) ~ *tsyay (Matisoff, STEDT); *ts(y)i(y) (Benedict, 1972); *tsyay (Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

*ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers (edit)
100
[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  1  ←  9 10 20  →  100  → 
1[a], [b], [c], [d]
    Cardinal: *sV-ɢip, *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
  1. ten

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: བཅུ (bcu, “ten”)
        • Eastern Bodish:
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *tsʰV
      • Naxi: ceiq
      • Narua: cei
      • ⇒ Laze: [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˥ gv˧⁠/)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: shi (“ten”)
  • Boro-Garo
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • /*tsay¹/ ("ten") (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
    • Loloish: /*tsay¹/ ("ten") (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꊰ (ci, “ten”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓞꓲꓻ (tsʰɨ, “ten”), ꓝꓲꓻ (tsɨ, “ten (in compounds)”)
  • Proto-Karen: *chejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Baic
    Bai: zairt (“ten”)

See also

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