Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsjap

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: *tsyap (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tsyap (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Verb

*tsjap

  1. to connect

Descendants

  • Chinese: 接 (OC *[ts][a]p) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: chyap (“to stick, adhere; to be on friendly terms”)
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Garo: chapchap (“adjacent”)
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