Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tet ~ tjat

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tet ~ *tjat (Schuessler, 2007)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tsyat (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972); *tśât (Chou, 1972)

Verb

 * 1) to cut off, to chop
 * 2) to break
 * 3) to bend

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  ("B-S"),  (ZS) ("to bend, to break (v.t.); to defeat; to decay, to die; to detract; to fold");  ("B-S"),  (ZS) ("to bend (v.i.)")
 * Middle Chinese:, ,


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: ;, ,
 * Kamarupan
 * (VanBik, 2009)
 * Central Chin
 * Lushai [Mizo]:
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written Tibetan:
 * (pf., fut. , imp. )
 * (pf., fut. , imp. )
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese: *tsat, *{C}-tsat (Matisoff, 1972)
 * Burmish
 * Written