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Proto-Sino-Tibetan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *krəj (Matisoff, STEDT; Chou, 1972); *krij (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1972)
*krəj
- foot, leg
- footstool, seat, chair
Descendants[edit]
- Old Chinese: 几 /*C.krəjʔ/ (B-S), /*krilʔ/ (ZS) ("seat")
- Middle Chinese: 几 (kijX)
→ Japanese: 几 (き, ki)
Korean: 궤 (几, gwe)
Vietnamese: kỉ (几)
- Modern Mandarin
- Beijing: 几 ("seat") (jī, /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/)
- Cantonese
- Guangzhou: 几 ("seat") /kei̯⁵⁵/
- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Bodic
- Written Tibetan: ཁྲི (khri, “foot”)
- Modern Tibetan (Lhasa): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
- Eastern
- Mahakiranti
- Kiranti
- Western Kiranti
- Thulung: /kʰə-laʔ/ ("foot")
- Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
- Tangut: 𗭒 (*khjɨ¹, “foot”)
- Qiangic
- Qiang (Taoping): /d͡ʑi⁵⁵/
- Pumi (Qinghua): ʈʂʰə⁵⁵
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Written Burmese: ခြေ (hkre, “foot, leg”)
- Proto-Loloish: *kre¹ (“foot”) (Bradley, 1979)
- Naxi: kee (“foot”)
See also[edit]