Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ŋaj

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ŋ(y)ay (STEDT)

Verb

*ŋaj

  1. to slant, lean, be inclined

Descendants

  • Chinese: 俄 (MC *nga) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སྙེ (snye, “to lean on”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Nuosu: ꉭ (ngep)
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