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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b(j/r)a

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *b(y/r)a (STEDT)
- Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *bya (STEDT)

Noun

*r)a

bird
bee

Descendants

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Tibetan: བྱ (bya, “bird, fowl”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Burmese: ပျား (pya:, “bee”)
Tangut-Qiang
- Qiangic:
  - Northern Qiang: bbu
  - Ersuic:
    - Ersu: bzɿ³³ (“honeybee”)

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