Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-hla
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-hla (Matisoff, STEDT); *(m-)hla (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987)
Noun
[edit]*m-hla
Descendants
[edit]- Kamarupan
- Kuki-Chin
- /*khlaa/ (VanBik, 2009)
- Central Chin
- Lushai [Mizo]: thla (“spirit, soul; god; ghost; shadow, image”)
- Kuki-Chin
- Himalayish
- Jingpho-Nung-Asakian
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
See also
[edit]- Old Chinese: 帝 (dì) /*Tˤek-s/ ("god")
- Proto-Indo-European: *deywós (“god”) (Zhou Jixu, 2003)
- Proto-Semitic: *ʾil- (“god, deity”)