Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsap

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: *tsap (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

A very scarcely-attested root.

Verb

*tsap

  1. to repay, pay back

Descendants

  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: འཚབ ('tshab)
  • Naic
  • Lolo-Burmese