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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t

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: *p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t (Matisoff, STEDT); *b(l)at/n (LaPolla, 1987)

Related to *bjar ~ pjar (“to braid, to plait”).

Verb

*t

  1. to plait, to braid, to interweave

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 編／编 (*pen, *pˁen, (*pˁenʔ) (B-S, one unlisted), *pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ, “to plait, to weave”)
    (→ exopassive) 辮／辫 (*bˁenʔ (B-S, unlisted), *beːnʔ, “a braid of hair, pigtail”)
    • Middle Chinese: 編／编 (piᴇn, pen, penX), 辮／辫 (benX)
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→ Japanese: 編 (へん, ​hen)
Korean: 편 (編, pyeon)
Vietnamese: biên (編)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 編／编 (biān) (biān, /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/), 辮／辫 (biàn) (biàn, /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      *pan¹/² ⪤ *CⓋ-pat (Matisoff, 1985)
      • Burmish
        • Lhao Vo: pin: (“cloth; plaid cloth”)
        • Atsi [Zaiwa]: /tsham⁵¹ pan²¹/ ("braid (hair)")
      • Proto-Loloish: *phrjaʔᴸ (Lama, 2012)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꏶ (jyt, “to braid, to plait”)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓒꓬꓱꓽ (pʰjø̀, “to plait, to braid (hair)”)
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