Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-ləj

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *blyid (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-ləy (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-ləy, *b-liy (Chou, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *b-liy (LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

Numeral[edit]

*b-ləj

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. four

Descendants[edit]

  • Chepangic:
  • Old Chinese: 四 /*s.li(j)-s/ (B-S), /*hljids/ (ZS) (“four”)
    (in the oracle bone script)
    • Middle Chinese: 四 /siɪH/
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→ Japanese: 四 (し, ​shi)
Korean: 사 (四, sa)
Vietnamese: tứ (四)

      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 四 (sì) /sz̩⁵¹/
      • Cantonese:
        • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: 四 (sei3, si3) /sei³³/, /ɕiː³³/
      • Wu:
        • Shanghainese: 四 /sz̩³⁴/
    • Min:
      • Coastal Min:
        • Min Nan:
          • Hokkien:
            • Taiwan: 四 /ɕi³¹/ (colloquial), /su³¹/ (literary)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodish
        • Tibetic
          • Sikkimese: ཞི (zhi, “four”)
          • Written Tibetan: བཞི (bzhi, “four”)
        • Eastern Bodish:
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: mali (“four”)
  • Proto-Karen: *lwiᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *b/ʔ-ləj² (“four”)
      • Burmish
      • Proto-Loloish: *b-le² (“four”)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꇖ (ly, “four”)
  • Nungish:
    • Trung/Drung/Dulong: vbli
  • Sal:
    • Bodo-Koch:
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗥃 (*ljɨr¹, “four”)
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