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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.
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Proto-Naish
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *jip (“to sleep”). Cognate to Burmese အိပ် (ip, “to sleep”) and Japhug nɯʑɯβ (“to go to sleep”).
Verb
*ji
- to go to bed, sleep
Descendants
- Naxi: yil (/ji⁵⁵/)
- Narua: xxiq (/ʑi˧˥/)
- Laze: [Term?] (/zi˩/)
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