Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-jəw-n ~ bwəj

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *yəw+śɑ ("animal (prefix) + rat") (Chou, 1972)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-yəw-n ("rat / rabbit / hare"), *bwəy ("bamboo rat") (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-yuw, *b-yəw (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

The *-n here is said to function as a collective plural suffix (STC).

Noun



 * 1) rat, bamboo rat
 * 2) rabbit, hare

Descendants

 * Chepangic:
 * (?) (B-S, unlisted), (ZS) ;   (ZS)   (as in, )
 * Beijing: ;
 * Kamarupan
 * Central Chin
 * (first element from ),
 * Khomic
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written, ,
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * rGyalrongic
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * ("bamboo rat") (Bradley, 1979)
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern): ꓑꓺ ꓦꓯꓹ
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * ("bamboo rat") (Bradley, 1979)
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern): ꓑꓺ ꓦꓯꓹ
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)