1.0 The Body > 1.8 Secretions and Somatophonics > 1.8.7 Speak/Say/Tell

#5393 PTB *grwas SPEAK / WORD

The Tibetan-Chinese comparison is due to Gong 2001:28.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51503753932012grwasspeak / word*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5910
4245095393,m,m1804gros sdur bjedconsult / discussv.Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1608.010
61025953932207speak; wordsChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201111070
604597539322110302ospeak; wordsChinese (GSR #)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201111070
60052353932210gʷˤrat-s {[g]ʷˤrat-s}speak; wordsChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201111070
59644953932209hwaejHspeak; wordsChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201111070
59237553932208huàspeak; wordsChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201111070

Chinese comparandum

曰 OC *gi̯wɑ̆t, GSR #304a-d ‘say’; Schuessler 2007:595 *wat; B & S 2011: *ɢʷat {[ɢ]ʷat}; Mand. yuē.
話 OC *g’wɑd, GSR #302o ‘speak, word’; Schuessler 2007:283 *gwrâ(t)s or *grô(t)s; B & S 2011: *gʷˤrat‑s {[g]ʷˤrat‑s}; Mand. huà.