Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ma

This Proto-Naish 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-Naish

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ (“mother”).

    Noun

    *ma

    1. female
    2. Forms augmentative counterparts to base nouns.
      ‎*pro (“comb”) → ‎*pro ma (“comb”)
    Usage notes

    Enlargements with *ma (in both "female" and augmentative meanings) tend to suffer semantic bleaching. The original base noun may also be lost in favour of the derived augmentative.

    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Naxi: meil (/⁠me⁵⁵⁠/)
    • Narua: miq (/⁠mi˩˧⁠/)
    • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠mie⁠/)

    Etymology 2

      Verb

      *ma

      1. to ask for something
      Descendants
      • Naxi: meil
      • Narua: miq
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠mie˩⁠/)

      Further reading

      • Jacques, Guillaume; Michaud, Alexis (2011), “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498
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