Old Chinese *sm- and the Old Tibetan Word for ‘Fire’

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id eprints-17858
recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic PI Oriental languages and literatures
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
description 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.
format Journal Article
author Hill, Nathan W.
author_facet Hill, Nathan W.
authorStr Hill, Nathan W.
author_letter Hill, Nathan W.
title Old Chinese *sm- and the Old Tibetan Word for ‘Fire’
publisher Brill
publishDate 2013
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17858/

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