Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-r-gyat = *(b-)g-ryat (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-rgyat (Benedict, 1972); *b-r-gyat  (LaPolla, 1987).

This is a doubly prefixed root, justified mainly by Written Tibetan, Jingpho and Rgyalrong forms. As expected, this root was particularly prone to metathesis and preemption. The Chinese form, for example, shows preemption of the rest of the initial cluster by the labial prefix, resulting in a *pr- > p- initial. It appears that the root for "hundred" was influenced by "eight", despite the fact that these two numerals are not neighbours in linear order.

Numeral

 * 1) eight

Descendants

 * (B-S), (ZS)


 * Beijing:
 * Tianjin:
 * Jinan:
 * Xi'an:
 * Chengdu:
 * Kunming:
 * Wuhan:
 * Hefei:
 * Guangzhou-Hong Kong:
 * Nanchang:
 * Meixian:
 * Taiyuan:
 * Pingyao:
 * Suzhou:
 * Hangzhou:
 * Wenzhou:
 * Changsha:
 * Loudi:
 * Min:
 * Coastal Min:
 * Amoy:
 * Puxian:
 * Fuzhou:
 * Inland Min:
 * Jian'ou:
 * Kamarupan
 * North Assam
 * Tani
 * Deng
 * Kuki-Chin:
 * ("eight")
 * Peripheral Chin
 * Northern Chin
 * Southern Plains Chin
 * Central Chin
 * Lushai (Mizo):
 * Maraic
 * "Old Kuki"
 * "Naga"
 * Northern Naga
 * Central Naga (Ao Group)
 * Ao (Mongsen):
 * Angami-Pochuri Group
 * Zeme Group
 * Tangkhulic:
 * ("eight")
 * Meithei
 * Mikir
 * Mru
 * Bodo-Garo = Barish
 * Chairel
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Western Himalayish
 * Kanauri:
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Lhasa Tibetan: gyaew
 * Eastern Bodish:
 * Lepcha
 * Tamangic
 * Dhimal
 * Newar
 * Mahakiranti
 * Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
 * Kiranti
 * Eastern Kiranti = Rai
 * Western Kiranti
 * Bahing:
 * Dumi:
 * Thulung:
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Qiangic
 * rGyalrongic
 * Situ (Maerkang):
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:
 * Nungic
 * Anong:
 * Asakian
 * Tujia
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Southern Loloish
 * Naxi
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Bai
 * Qiangic
 * rGyalrongic
 * Situ (Maerkang):
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:
 * Nungic
 * Anong:
 * Asakian
 * Tujia
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Southern Loloish
 * Naxi
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Bai
 * Central Loloish
 * Southern Loloish
 * Naxi
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Bai
 * Bai
 * Bai