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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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Proto-Naish
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwə (“cattle”).
Noun
*wa
- cattle, bovine
Derived terms
Descendants
- Naxi: ee (/ɰɯ³³/, “bovine, bull”)
- Narua: yi (/ʝi˥/, “ox”) (also used to make many bovine compounds)
- Laze: [Term?] (/vi˧/)
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