Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/paʔ

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

Reconstructions

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *paʔ (Hill, 2019)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *p/ba, *pʷa, *wa (STEDT)

Noun

*paʔ

1. father

Reconstruction notes

• Do not confuse this word with *pa (“man, male”).
  • STEDT not only conflates the two words together, but also spreads such a putative "man, father" word across three lemmas: *p/ba (linked to Chinese 父), *pʷa (linked to Chinese 夫) and *wa.
  • It is impossible for the "male" and "father" words to be the same, since Chinese clearly distinguishes them.
• Prenasalized and voiced initials may be due to some nasal prefix.

Descendants

• Chinese: 父 (OC *[N-p](r)aʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Bodish: *(a)pa (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Ersuic: *æbæ (Yu, 2012)
  • Ersu: a⁵⁵ba⁵⁵
  • Lizu: æbæ (Mianning)
• Lolo-Burmese:
  • Burmish:
    • Burmese: အဖ (a.hpa.)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *paa (VanBik, 2009)
  • Mizo: pâ
• Proto-Central Naga: *a-pwaʔ
  • Ao:
    • Chungli Ao: tebu
  • Lotha Naga: opo (despite the concerns of Bruhn)