Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-hla

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-hla (Matisoff, STEDT); *(m-)hla (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

 * 1) soul
 * 2) god
 * 3) demon
 * 4) beautiful

Descendants

 * Kamarupan
 * Kuki-Chin
 * (VanBik, 2009)
 * Central Chin
 * Lushai [Mizo]:
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Modern Tibetan (Lhasa):
 * Tamangic
 * (Mazaudon, 1994)
 * Tamang (Sahu): ,
 * Jingpho-Nung-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:, ,
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * ("soul") (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan): (> )
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Northern): (> )
 * Lisu (Northern): (> )