Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/Snak

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.
This Proto-Naish entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Naish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-jak (“to spend the night; night, day”).

Verb

*Snak

  1. to spend the night

Classifier

*Snak

  1. classifier for nights

Descendants

  • Naxi: hal (classifier for nights), huq (“night”) (via lenited allomorph *Snaɣ)
  • Narua: hanq (“to spend the night”), han (classifier for nights)

Further reading

  • Lidz, Liberty (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Yongning Na (Mosuo)‎[1], Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, page 123
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