Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ndzu

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

Compare Tibetan གཟོང (gzong, “chisel”) and Burmese ဆောက် (hcauk, “chisel”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzawk (“chisel”).

Noun

*ndzu

  1. chisel
Descendants
  • Naxi: zzee
  • Narua: zzee
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠dzv˩⁠/)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo).

Noun

*ndzu

  1. dzo (a hybrid of yak and cattle)
Descendants
  • Naxi: zzeeq

Etymology 3

Verb

*ndzu

  1. to sit
Descendants
  • Naxi: zzeeq
  • Narua: zzeeq
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠dzy˥⁠/)

Further reading

  • Li, Zihe (2022) A Naish Historical Phonology: The Rhyme System‎[1], page 19
  • Li, Zihe (2020) “原始納西語前冠音的來源與演變 [The Origin and Evolution of Pre-initials in Proto-Naish]”, in Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics‎[2], volume 12, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 212
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