Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ma

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ (“mother”).

Noun

*ma

  1. female
  2. Forms augmentative counterparts to base nouns.
    ‎*pro (“comb”) → ‎*pro ma (“comb”)
Usage notes

Enlargements with *ma (in both "female" and augmentative meanings) tend to suffer semantic bleaching. The original base noun may also be lost in favour of the derived augmentative.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Naxi: meil (/⁠me⁵⁵⁠/)
  • Narua: miq (/⁠mi˩˧⁠/)
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠mie⁠/)

Etymology 2

Verb

*ma

  1. to ask for something
Descendants
  • Naxi: meil
  • Narua: miq
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠mie˩⁠/)

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
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