Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/si

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 *sjəj. Compare Tibetan ཤེས (shes) and Burmese သိ (si.).

Verb

*si

  1. to know
Descendants
  • Naxi: see (/⁠sɯ˧⁠/)
  • Narua: si (/⁠sɯ˥⁠/)
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠sɯ˩⁠/)

Etymology 2

Li compares Tibetan གསེད (gsed, “to pick, select”).

Verb

*si

  1. to pick, choose, select
Descendants
  • Naxi: seeq
  • Narua: see
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠si˥⁠/)

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 (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 219
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