Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-nap

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-nap (Matisoff, STEDT; LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na (“nose”) with suffix *-p. See there for more.

Noun

*s-nap

  1. snot, nasal mucus

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *(s)nap
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སྣབས (snabs)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: ནེབ (nep /⁠nep53⁠/)
      • Dzala: ནེབ (nep), སྣེབ ('nep)
    • East Bodish
      • Bumthangkha: རྣབ ('nap) (spelling in Van Driem's grammar), སྣབས (snabs) (spelling in the DDC glossary)
      • Kurtöp: ན́བ ('nap)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *nap
    • Tangkhul Naga: napting
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