Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b(j/r)a

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *b(y/r)a (STEDT)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *bya (STEDT)

Noun

*r)a

1. bird
2. bee

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Tibetan: བྱ (bya, “bird, fowl”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ပျား (pya:, “bee”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Qiangic:
    • Northern Qiang: bbu
    • Ersuic:
      • Ersu: bzɿ³³ (“honeybee”)