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

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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

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ts(y)i(y) ~ *tsyay (Matisoff, STEDT); *ts(y)i(y) (Benedict, 1972); *tsyay (Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

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*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

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  • 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): (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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