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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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This Proto-Naish entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.
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Proto-Naish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
*tsʰeɣ
- hot
Descendants
- Naxi: cer (/tsʰɚ³³/)
- Narua: cee (/tsʰi˧/)
- Laze: [Term?] (/tsʰi˧/)
Etymology 2
STEDT's identification of this element with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj cannot explain why a rhoticized vowel appears in Naxi reflexes.
Numeral
*tsʰeɣ
- Forms multiples of 10.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
*tsʰeɣ
- to cut up
Descendants
- Naxi: cerl (“to cut up”)
- Narua: ciq (“to cut into pieces”)
- Laze: [Term?] (/tsʰi˧˥/, “to cut”)
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