Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kləj

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *xryid (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kləy (Matisoff, STEDT); *kliy (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *klyiy (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *kləy (Chou, 1972)

This root is sometimes thought to be related with 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (Schuessler, 2007). Also note the resemblance with 🇨🇬 (STEDT)

Noun

 * 1) shit, dung, excrement

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * Middle Chinese:


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:, )
 * Cantonese
 * Guangzhou:
 * Wu
 * Shanghai:
 * Min
 * Min Nan
 * Taiwan:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Kamarupan
 * "Naga"
 * Northern Naga: *CⓁ-kləy (French, 1983)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written (via Conrady's law + Coblin's law)
 * Tamangic: *kli¹ (Mazaudon, 1978)
 * Mahakiranti: *khli (Michaelovsky, 1991)
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written (> )
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan): (> )
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):, also
 * Karenic:
 * Lisu (Southern):, also
 * Karenic: