Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/Swa

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

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Noun

*Swa

  1. rain

Descendants

  • Naxi: heeq (/⁠hɯ²¹⁠/)
  • Narua: xieq (/⁠hi˩˥⁠/)
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠fi˧⁠/)

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