Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-sej

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bsɨd (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-sey (Matisoff, STEDT)

Chinese possibly descends from this root, although the presence of the lateral segment, *-lˁ- (B-S) or *-l- (ZS), after the initial *s- remains unexplained.

Schuessler (2007) considers it an areal word, also attested in Mon-Khmer languages, e.g. 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. See also 🇨🇬, compared with 🇨🇬, for a similar case.

Noun

 * 1) rhinoceros

Descendants

 * (B-S), (ZS)


 * Beijing:
 * Guangzhou-Hong Kong:
 * Min:
 * Coastal Min:
 * Xiamen:  ,
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodish
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodish
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,