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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

Etymology
  • 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 numerals
ONE*ʔit
*kat
*tjak ~ g-t(j)ik
TWO*g/s-ni-s
THREE*g-sum
FOUR*b-ləj
FIVE*l/b-ŋa
SIX*d-k-ruk
SEVEN*s-ni-s
EIGHT*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat
NINE*d/s-kəw
TEN*gip
*ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
TWENTY*m-kul
HUNDRED*b-r-gja
THOUSAND*s-tawŋ
  1. ten

Descendants
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: shi (“ten”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: བཅུ (bcu, “ten”)
        • Eastern Bodish:
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • 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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