Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k/p/s-rwak

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k/p/s-rwak (Matisoff, STEDT); *rwak (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *g-rwak (French, 1983)

A number of prefixes could be attached to this root, with each of the prefixes representing a contraction of another etymon. The *k- suffix was found in a number of other Lolo-Burmese (and rGyalrongic, per Prins 2011 and 2016) animal terms; the *s- prefix was a contraction of ; and the *p- suffix was a contraction of.

Noun

 * 1) ant

Descendants

 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * rGyalrongic
 * possibly Situ: (kʰ)oroʔk
 * Tani
 * (Sun, 1993)
 * Western Tani
 * Eastern Tani
 * Nungish
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Loloish
 * Burmish
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Loloish
 * Burmish
 * Burmish