Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-mjak ~ s-mik

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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: *(s-)myəːk (Chou, 1972), *myikw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik (Matisoff, STEDT); *(s-)myəːk (Chou, 1972); *myikw (Coblin, 1986); *mya[a]k (LaPolla, 1987)

This root shows alternation between medial *ya and *i.

In some languages (e.g. Burmish, Karenic) this word also means "face", a relationship perhaps reminiscent of Vietnamese mắt (eye) ~ mặt (face).

Compare:

Noun

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*s-mjak ~ s-mik

  1. eye

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (*muɡ, eye)
    • Middle Chinese: (mɨuk̚) /mɨuk/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: () /mu⁵¹/
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: (muk6) /mʊk̚²/
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: (8moq) /mʊ̆ʔ¹²/
    • Min
      • Min Nan
        • Taiwan: /bak̚⁵/ (colloquial), /bok̚⁵/ (literary)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: མིག (mig, eye)
        • East Bodish:
  • Tangut-Qiang
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: mik (eye, vision)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Nuosu (Liangshan): (nyuo, eye)
  • Proto-Karen: *mɛɁᴰ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *mik
    • Khomic
      • Khumi Chin:
        Lemi Chin: ämi
        Khimi Chin: ämih
    • Northern

See also

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