Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-maj ~ m-raj

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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: *r-may ⪤ *m-ray, *r-mi, *r-mey (Matisoff, STEDT); *r-may (Weidert, 1987; Michailovsky, 1991; Benedict, 1972); *r-may ~ mey (LaPolla, 1987); *r-mǎy (Matisoff, 1985); *r-mɑy (Chou, 1972)

Noun

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*r-maj ~ m-raj

  1. tail
  2. penis

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: /*məjʔ/ (B-S); /*mɯlʔ/ (ZS) ("tail, end; to copulate")
    • Middle Chinese: (mʉiX)
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Japanese:  (, ​bi)
Korean:  (, mi)
Vietnamese:  ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (wěi, /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/) (literary); (, /i²¹⁴/) (colloquial)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: /mei¹³/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: རྨེད (rmed, tail, crupper of saddle)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Proto-Karen: *meᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *C-maj
    • Central

See also

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