Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/tsʰji

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 compares Tibetan ཚེར་མ (tsher ma, “thorn”).

Noun

*tsʰji

  1. thorn
Descendants
  • Naxi: qi
  • Narua: qie

Etymology 2

Li compares Tibetan འཇིབ ('jib, “to suck”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup.

Verb

*tsʰji

  1. to suck
Descendants
  • Naxi: qil
  • Narua: qiqi
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩ tsʰi˩⁠/)

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, pages 215-219
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