Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t (Matisoff, STEDT); *b(l)at/n (LaPolla, 1987)

Related to.

Verb

 * 1) to plait, to braid, to interweave

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * (→ exopassive)
 * Middle Chinese: ,


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: (biān, ),  (biàn, )
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * (Matisoff, 1985)
 * Burmish
 * Atsi [Zaiwa]: ("braid (hair)")
 * (Lama, 2012)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Lisu (Southern):