Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/nij

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:
      • *ni(y) (Benedict, 1972)
      • *ney ⪤ *ni(y) (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Exactly what kind of aunt does this word refer to depends on the descendant language.

The *-e in Bodish is irregular.

Noun

*nij

  1. aunt

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *ane, *nene (see there for further descendants)
  • Tshangla: ཨ་ནི (a ni)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Tangut: 𘊶 (*njɨ¹)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: tɤ-ɲi
  • Nungish
    • Drung: vni
    • Rawang: vnì
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *nii
  • Bodo-Garo
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: ni (“mother-in-law, sister-in-law”)
  • Proto-Tani: *ni
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