Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-ləj

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-ləy (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012); *g-liy (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*g-ləj

wind

Descendants

Tangut-Qiang
- rGyalrongic
  - possibly Situ: kʰalu
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese: *s/ʔ-ləy¹ (Matisoff, 2003)
  - Burmish
    - Written Burmese: လေ (le, “wind, breeze, air”)
  - Loloish: *le¹ (Bradley, 1979)
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꆳ (hly, “wind”)
    - Central Loloish
      - Lisu (Southern): ꓦꓲꓻ (h̃i, “wind”) (> ꓟꓲꓽ ꓦꓲꓻ (mì h̃i, “wind”))
Karenic: *lèi' (Jones, 1961)
- Sgaw: ကလံၤ (kalĩ, “wind, change”)