Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mej

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *myəy ~ sməy/smyəy (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *mey (Matisoff, STEDT; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

Comparing Chinese with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *mey is problematic. Sagart (1999) reconstructed the Chinese word as, citing its variant (an ancient Wu dialect word) as the basis for reconstructing a voiceless bilabial initial. This was however revised to a uvular initial in the Baxter-Sagart (2011) system, perhaps in accordance with Zhengzhang (2003). Li (1980) reconstructed it as *hwərX, and commented that it likely came from an earlier *hmərX. The word "fire" is classified by some to belong to the same family as some words meaning "to destroy", represented by. Compare Written Tibetan.

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Noun

 * 1) fire

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * (B-S); (ZS) ("fire") (see note)
 * and perhaps dialectally
 * (B-S); (ZS) ("(ancient Wu dialect) fire")
 * (B-S); (ZS) ("(ancient Qi dialect) fire")
 * (火 in the oracle bone script) 火-oracle.svg
 * Middle Chinese:


 * Mandarin
 * Beijing: (huǒ, )
 * Chengdu:
 * Cantonese
 * Guangzhou:
 * Taishan:
 * Hakka
 * Meixian:
 * Sixian:
 * Wu
 * Shanghai:
 * Min
 * Eastern Min
 * Fuzhou:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Northern Min
 * Jian'ou:
 * Southern Min
 * Xiamen, Taipei:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Zhangzhou:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Quanzhou:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Mahakiranti
 * Kiranti
 * Eastern Kiranti = Rai
 * Western Kiranti
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Tangut
 * rGyalrongic
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Central
 * Central