Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ŋgu

This Proto-Naish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Naish

Etymology 1

Proto-Naish numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: *ŋgu

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tə-ŋguʔ.

Numeral

*ŋgu

  1. nine
Descendants
  • Naxi: ggv (/⁠(ŋ)ɡv̩³³⁠/)
  • Narua: ggu (/⁠gv̩˧⁠/)

Etymology 2

Li compares Tibetan སྒམ (sgam, “box”), but is unsure if it is correct to claim that sg- can correspond to Naish *ŋg-.

Noun

*ŋgu

  1. box
Descendants
  • Naxi: ggv (“chest, box”)
  • Narua: ggu (“manger”), ⇒ shuaeggu (“kitchen cabinet”), siggu (“box, case”)

Further reading

  • Jacques, Guillaume, Michaud, Alexis (2011) “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498
  • Li, Zihe (2020) “原始納西語前冠音的來源與演變 [The Origin and Evolution of Pre-initials in Proto-Naish]”, in Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics‎[2], volume 12, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 210
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