Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *təy (Chou, 1972)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ("water / fluid / liquid / soak"), *twəy ⪤ dwəy ("water / egg / spit"), *twəy-n ("water / river"), *ti(y) ("water") (Matisoff, STEDT); *ti(y), *twiy (Benedict, 1972); *twəy (Chou, 1972)

*m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s

1. water
2. fluid, liquid
3. to soak
4. wet

• Old Chinese: 涕 (*l̥ˁəjʔ, *l̥ˁəjʔ-s (B-S), *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls, “tears”), 洟 (*l̥ˁəj-s (B-S), *lil, *l̥ʰiːls, “nasal mucus”)
  • Middle Chinese: 涕 (tʰeiX, tʰeiH), 洟 (jiɪ, tʰeiH)
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 涕 (tì) (tì, /tʰi⁵¹/), 洟 (yí, /ji³⁵/)
• Kamarupan
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *tuy
    • Central
      • Mizo: tui
      • Falam Chin: ti
      • Lai: ti
    • Khomic
      • Khumi Chin: tui
    • Northern
      • Zou: tui
  • "Naga"
    • Northern Naga

      /*təy/ (French, 1983)

    • Tangkhulic

      /*dɨ/ (Mortensen, 2012)

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: མཆི་མ (mchi ma, “tears”)
  • Mahakiranti
    • Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
      • Chepang: /tiʔ/ ("water")
    • Kiranti
      • Western Kiranti
        • Hayu: /ti/ ("water")
• Sal
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: madi (“wet, moist”), madit (“wet, moist; dampen”)
  • Bodo-Koch
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Kokborok: twi
      • Garo: chi
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese

    *m/ʔ-titᴴ (“wet; soak”)

    • Loloish
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓔꓲꓹ (tǐ, “to immerse in water, dye”)
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ထွေး (htwe:, “to spit”)
• Proto-Karen: *thejᴬ (“water”) (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: ထံ (thi, “water”)
  • Pa'o Karen: ထီ (“water”)
  • Eastern Pwo: ထီ့ (“water”)
  • Western Pwo: ထံၫ (“water”)
  • Western Kayah: ꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (htyē, “water”)

• *tsju (“water, fluid”)
• *d(w)əj (“egg, testicle”)