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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 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rkəw. Cognate to Tibetan རྐུ (rku) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:).
Verb
*kʰu
- to steal
Descendants
- Naxi: kv (/kʰv̩³³/)
- Narua: ku (/kʰv̩˧/)
- Laze: [Term?] (/kʰv̩˧/)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk (“to bend”).
Noun
*kʰu
- year
Descendants
- Naxi: kvl
- Narua: kuq
- Laze: [Term?] (/kʰv˧˥/)
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 (2022) A Naish Historical Phonology: The Rhyme System[2], page 18