Old Chinese *sm- and the Old Tibetan Word for ‘Fire’
| Main author: | Hill, Nathan W. |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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| Summary: |
Several sinologists have compared Chinese xjwɨjX 'burn' or xwaX 'fire' to an Old Tibetan word smye 'fire'. No such Old Tibetan word exists. Instead, mye is the Old Tibetan word for fire and smye, also spelled dmeḥ, means 'stain, impurity, sin'. Tibetan evidence in this case does not support a reconstruction *sm- in Old Chinese. |
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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