Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-mun

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mun/rmun (Coblin, 1986), *mun ~ s-mun (Chou, 1972)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-mun (Matisoff, STEDT)

Adjective

 * 1) dark, dim, dusky, blurred
 * 2) dusk, evening, darkness
 * 3) dull, stupid, confused
 * 4) sad, sulky

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * (traditionally (since ) regarded as a derivation from 昏, so named since marriage ceremonies took place at dusk in ancient times; may be folk etymology instead)
 * perhaps also
 * (Baxter/Sagart, 1998)
 * Middle Chinese:, , , , , , , ,
 * perhaps also
 * (Baxter/Sagart, 1998)
 * Middle Chinese:, , , , , , , ,
 * perhaps also
 * (Baxter/Sagart, 1998)
 * Middle Chinese:, , , , , , , ,
 * Middle Chinese:, , , , , , , ,
 * Middle Chinese:, , , , , , , ,


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: (mèn,, "depressed, in low spirits"; mēn, , "tightly closed, suffocating, muffled"),  (mèn, , "to stew"), , , ,  (hūn, ),  (wěn, ),  (mèn, ), ,  (hū, )
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written, ,
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written (> )