Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ʔit

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔjit (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ʔit (Matisoff, STEDT); *it (Benedict, 1972)

There is no single general root for in Sino-Tibetan languages, in sharp contradistinction to the cases of numerals 2-9, for each of which a single etymon overwhelmingly predominates. This root is only found at the periphery of the Sino-Tibetan area and may therefore be quite old. The more common root for is.

Benedict (1972) set up this etymon on the basis of only two forms: Kanawari and Written Burmese, and identified it as cognate to Old Chinese.

Matisoff (1997) posits *-i- ~ -ya- variational pattern in this etymon (akin to, *gip ~ gjap and perhaps , op. cit.) and considers this root to be etymologically cognate with.

Some Eastern Min dialects use as the colloquial word for the numeral one, e.g. ', '. Hokkien also has a similar-shaped word, e.g. .

Numeral

 * 1) one

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * (in the oracle bone script) 一-oracle.svg
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Middle Chinese:

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 * Mandarin
 * Beijing: yī,
 * Northeastern
 * Harbin:
 * Jilin:
 * Changchun:
 * Shenyang:
 * Jilu
 * Tianjin:
 * Jinan:
 * Jiaoliao
 * Qingdao:
 * Dalian:
 * Weihai:
 * Zhongyuan
 * Xi’an:
 * Zhengzhou:
 * Yinchuan:
 * Jin
 * Taiyuan:
 * Southwestern
 * Chengdu-Chongqing: yi2
 * Wuhan:
 * Guiyang:
 * Kunming:
 * Jianghuai
 * Nanjing: i5
 * Hefei:
 * Yangzhou:
 * Yue
 * Guangzhou-Hong Kong: jat1
 * Taishan:
 * Hakka
 * Meixian: yid5
 * Gan
 * Nanchang:
 * Xiang
 * Changsha:
 * Shuangfeng:
 * Wu
 * Shanghai: iq7
 * Suzhou: iq7
 * Ningbo: iq7
 * Hangzhou: iq7
 * Taizhou: iq7
 * Wenzhou: iai7
 * Min
 * Southern
 * Hokkien: it
 * Teoswa: ig4
 * Eastern
 * Hokchiu: ék
 * Northern
 * Jian’ou: ĭ
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Western Himalayish
 * Mahakiranti
 * Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Tangut: ;
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written (Benedict, 1976, RDWB)
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written (Benedict, 1976, RDWB)