Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/nəj(ʔ)

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: *nyɨy (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-naːy ⪤ *s-ney (Matisoff, STEDT); *ney (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972)

Adjective

*nəj(ʔ)

  1. to be near, close

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 邇 / 迩 (*neʔ (B-S); *njelʔ (ZS)); 昵 (*nrit (B-S); *nig (ZS))
    • Middle Chinese: 邇 / 迩 (ȵiᴇX); 昵 (ɳɣiɪt)
      • Modern Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 邇 / 迩 (ěr, “near”) (ěr, /ˀɤɻ²¹³/); 昵 (“close, intimate; relatives”) (nì, /ni⁵¹/)
  • Himalayish:
    • Tibeto-Kanauri:
      • Bodic:
        • Tibetan:
          • Written: Tibetan: ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”)
  • Lolo-Burmese:
    • Burmish:
      • Achang: ni (“near”)
      • Burmese: နီး (ni:, “near”)
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