Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mow

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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: *mow (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

Noun

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*mow

  1. woman
  2. female relative

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: () /*məʔ/ (B-S), /*mɯʔ/ (ZS) ("mother, female")
    (in the oracle bone script)
    • Middle Chinese: () /məuX/
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Japanese:  (, ​mo)
Korean:  (, mo)
Vietnamese: mẫu ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (, mother), /mu²¹⁴/
      • Cantonese: /mou̯¹³/
      • Hakka: /mu²⁴/
    • Min
      • Min Nan: /bu⁵³/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan: བུ་མོ (bu mo, young girl, daughter); མོ (mo, woman)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗴺 (*mja¹, mother), 𗕪 (*mjịj¹, woman, girl)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        • Mpi: /kho²mo⁴/ ("woman, wife")

See also

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