Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ləy-t ⪤ *s-rəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-liy (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *(s-)ləy (Chou, 1972); *(s-)ləy, *s-liy (Weidert, 1987)

Schuessler (2007) relates Chinese ("the chariot roof tilts forward") to this root.

Adjective

 * 1) heavy

Descendants

 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,
 * Eastern
 * Jingpho-Luish:
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Loloish
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi: (as in )
 * Central Loloish
 * Naish:
 * Naic:
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Naic:
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong: