Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-maŋ ~ s-mak

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *s-mak ⪤ s-maŋ (Matisoff, 1983); *smək (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-maŋ ⪤ *s-mak (Matisoff, STEDT)

Adjective

 * 1) black
 * 2) dark
 * 3) ink
 * 4) deep

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: ;
 * (黑 in the oracle bone script) 黑-bronze.svg
 * Middle Chinese: ,




 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: ),  )
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written ,