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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-rjak

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: *s-ryak (Matisoff, STEDT); *ryak (Benedict, 1972); *ryɑk (Chou, 1972)

Noun

*s-rjak

  1. oil, fat, grease, juice (of flowers)

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 液 (*ɴ.rak (B-S), *laːg (ZS), “liquid”)
    • Middle Chinese: 液 (jiᴇk)

      → Japanese: 液 (えき, ​eki)
      Korean: 액 (液, aek)
      Vietnamese: dịch (液)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 液 (yè), /i̯ɛ⁵¹/)
  • Kamarupan
    • Kuki-Chin
      • Central Chin
        • Lushai [Mizo]: sa hriak (“oil, grease”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཞག (zhag, “oil, fat, grease”), རྒྱགས་པ (rgyags pa, “fat (of person)”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Burmese: ရက် (rak, “extracted liquid (e.g. nectar)”) (whence အရက် (a.rak, “alcoholic drinks, liquor”))

See also
  • *s-r(j)ak (“night; day (24 hours); spend the night”)
  • *saːw (“oil, fat, grease”)
  • *tsil (“fat, grease, oil”)
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