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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-la

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

Etymology
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-la (Matisoff, STEDT)

Borrowed from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“tiger”), whence also Thai ขลา (khla, “tiger”).

Noun
Panthera tigris corbetti, the Indochinese tiger.

*k-la

  1. tiger

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 虎 (*qʰˁraʔ (B-S, western dialect), qʰlaːʔ (ZS), “tiger”), 於菟／于菟 (wūtú), 烏䖘／乌䖘, 䖘 (*qa-tʰaː < **ʔa-l̥aː < **ʔa- + **klaː (ancient Chu dialect), “tiger”), 於檡／于𰗛 (*qa-rlaːɡ < **ʔa-l̥aːg (variant), “tiger”)
    (虎 in the oracle bone script)　
    • Middle Chinese: 虎 (huoX)

      → Japanese: 虎 (こ, ​ko)
      Korean: 호 (虎, ho)
      Vietnamese: hổ (虎)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 虎 (hǔ, /xu²¹⁴/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 虎 /fuː³⁵/
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: 虎 /hɯ³⁴/
    • Min
      • Min Nan
        • Taiwan: 虎 /hɔ⁵¹/
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      /*(k-)la/ (Benedict, 1972)
      • Burmish
        • Burmic
          • Burmese: ကျား (kya:, “tiger”) (< kla (Inscriptional Burmese)) /tɕá/
        • Maruic
          • Pela: la³¹ (“tiger, leopard”)
      • Loloish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꆿ (lat, “tiger”)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓡꓽ (lɑ̀, “tiger”)
          • Lahu: lâ (“tiger”)
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