Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-nar

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

Do not confuse this with *na (“to be sick”), which this verb may have merged with in Lolo-Burmese.

Verb

*mV-nar

  1. to suffer

Descendants

  • Chinese: (see there for further descendants)
    • 難 / 难 /*nˤar/ (B-S); /*n̥ʰaːn/ (ZS) ("difficult, hard")
    • 難 / 难 /*nˤar-s/ (B-S); /*naːns/ (ZS) ("hardship, misfortune, disaster")
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: མནར (mnar, “to suffer, be tormented”)
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