Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/maɣ

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

Li compare Burmese မင်း (mang:, “ruler, aristocracy”), Japhug mɯsta (“old”).

Adjective

*maɣ

  1. old
Descendants
  • Naxi: mul (/⁠mu⁵⁵⁠/)
  • Narua: moq (/⁠mo˩⁠/)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *maŋ (“to disappear; corpse”).

Jacques and Michaud reconstruct *mo, but it should be modified to *maɣ to better suit their etymology.

Noun

*maɣ

  1. corpse
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Naxi: muq
  • Narua: mo (classifier for corpses)

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 28
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