Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s/ɡ-la

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: *s/ɡ-la (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-la ⪤ *g-la = *s-gla (LaPolla, 1987); *s-la ⪤ g-la, *s-gla (Benedict, 1972); *s-gla, *g-la (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*ɡ-la

1. moon
2. month

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 夕 (xī, “evening, night, end (of year, month)”); 汐 (xī, “night tide”); both: *s-ɴ-rak (B-S); *ljaːg (ZS); *sɢlag (PW)
  • Middle Chinese: 夕 (xī), 汐 (ziᴇk)

**:

→ Japanese: 夕 (せき, ​seki)
Korean: 석 (夕, seok)
Vietnamese: tịch (夕)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 夕 (xī), 汐 (xī, /ɕi⁵⁵/)
    • Cantonese
      • Guangzhou: 夕 (xī), 汐 (xī) /t͡sɪk̚²/
    • Wu
      • Shanghai: 夕 (xī), 汐 (xī) /ʑ̻iɪ̆ʔ¹²/
  • Min
    • Min Nan
      • Taiwan: 夕 (xī) /ɕi̯aʔ⁵/ (colloquial); /sek̚⁵/ (literary); 汐 (xī) /sek̚⁵/ (literary)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Dzongkha–Lhokä
        • Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba, “moon”)
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba, “moon, month”)
          • → Situ: zlawa (“moon”)
• Kiranti
  • Eastern
    • Greater Yakkha
      • Yakkha: ला
    • Upper Arun
      • Yamphu: ला (lā)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Qiangic
    • Northern Qiang: hlhuxiu
    • Ersuic
      • Ersu: ɬá
• Nungish
  • Drung: svla (“moon”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Mranmaic
        • Burmese: လ (la., “moon, month”)
      • Northern Burmic
        • Pela: la̠³⁵ (“moon, month”), lɛ̠̃³⁵ ma³¹
        • Lhao Vo: lo̠⁵⁵ (“moon”)
    • Loloish
      • Nisoish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꆧꁨ (hlop bbop, “moon”), ꆪ (hlep, “moon (literary), month”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lahoish
          • Lahu: ha-pa (“moon”)
        • Lisoish
          • Lisu: ꓦ ꓐꓻ (h̃ɑ bɑ)
          • Lipo: 𖼦𖽙𖾐 𖼀𖽙𖾐
          • Lolopo: xiubbo
    • Naxish
      • Namuyi: lhĭmî (“moon”)
      • Naish
        • Naxi: heimei, heimeizeeq
• Proto-Karen: *Ɂlaᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: လါ (lah)
  • Pa'o Karen: လာ
  • Western Pwo: လၩ
  • Eastern Pwo: လာ (là)
  • Western Kayah: ꤜꤢꤧ꤭ (lāe)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khlaa
  • Khomic
    • Khumi Chin: law

See also

• *nəj (“sun”)
• *s-ŋʷ(j)a-t (“star, moon”)
• *krəj (“moon, moonlight”)