Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mow

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: *mow (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

Noun

*mow

1. woman
2. female relative

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 母 (mǔ) /*məʔ/ (B-S), /*mɯʔ/ (ZS) ("mother, female")

  (in the oracle bone script)

  • Middle Chinese: 母 (mǔ) /məu^X/

**:

→ Japanese: 母 (も, ​mo)
Korean: 모 (母, mo)
Vietnamese: mẫu (母)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 母 (mǔ, “mother”), /mu²¹⁴/
    • Cantonese: /mou̯¹³/
    • Hakka: /mu²⁴/
  • Min
    • Min Nan: /bu⁵³/
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan: བུ་མོ (bu mo, “young girl, daughter”); མོ (mo, “woman”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗴺 (*mja¹, “mother”), 𗕪 (*mjịj¹, “woman, girl”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: အမယ် (a.mai, “woman, mother”)
      • Burmese: အမေ (a.me, “mother, mom”)
      • Burmese: မိခင် (mi.hkang, “mother”)
    • Loloish
      • Mpi: /kho²mo⁴/ ("woman, wife")

See also

• *nja-ŋ/k (“woman”)
• *k/m-na (“mother, female”)
• *n(j)u (“female”)