Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-ljak ~ mrak ~ mruk

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-lyak ⪤ *mrak ⪤ *mruk (Matisoff, STEDT); *m-lyak (Benedict, 1972)

Noun

 * 1) grass, weeds

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:,  (ZS) ("grass, weeds; bushy")
 * Middle Chinese: ,
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:, (mǎng, )
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written (< *ɴ-ljak)
 * Kham-Magar-Chepang
 * Chepang: ("grass (sp.)")
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * ("weeds, grass") (Matisoff, 1972)
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Central Loloish
 * Central Loloish