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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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-ləy-t ⪤ *s-rəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-liy (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *(s-)ləy (Chou, 1972); *(s-)ləy, *s-liy (Weidert, 1987)

Schuessler (2007) relates Chinese 輊 ("the chariot roof tilts forward") to this root.

Adjective

*s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t

  1. heavy

Descendants
  • Himalayish
  • Jingpho-Luish:
    • Jingpho: li (“heavy”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: လေး (le:, “heavy”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi: ꇖ (ly) (as in ꀉꇖ (ax ly, “heavy”))
      • Central Loloish
        • Lolopo: lir (“heavy”)
  • Naish:
    • Naic:
      • Naxi: lee (“heavy”)
  • Nungish:
    • Rawang: li (“heavy”)
    • Trung/Drung/Dulong: vli (“heavy”)

See also
  • *s-naːŋ (“heavy; thick, viscous”)
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