Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-r(j)a-j/s/t

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-r(y)a-y/s/t (Matisoff, STEDT), *rya-t (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987; Michailovsky, 1991); *ryɑ-t (Chou, 1972)

Verb

 * 1) to laugh

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  (B-S),  (ZS) ("to laugh");   (ZS) ("a way of laughing")
 * Middle Chinese: (thrij);  (hiᴇn)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written, ,
 * Kiranti
 * ("laugh") (Michailovsky, 1991)
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * rGyalrongic
 * Japhug: (nɤ)re
 * Situ: (na)ri
 * Tshobdun:
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * ("laugh") (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Lhaovo: (IPA: [ɣì])
 * Loloish
 * ("laugh") (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):