Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ndzu

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

    Compare Tibetan གཟོང (gzong, “chisel”) and Burmese ဆောက် (hcauk, “chisel”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzawk (“chisel”).

    Noun

    *ndzu

    1. chisel
    Descendants
    • Naxi: zzee
    • Narua: zzee
    • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠dzv˩⁠/)

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo).

      Noun

      *ndzu

      1. dzo (a hybrid of yak and cattle)
      Descendants
      • Naxi: zzeeq

      Etymology 3

        Verb

        *ndzu

        1. to sit
        Descendants
        • Naxi: zzeeq
        • Narua: zzeeq
        • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠dzy˥⁠/)

        Further reading

        • Li, Zihe (2022), A Naish Historical Phonology: The Rhyme System‎[1], page 19
        • Li, Zihe (2020), “原始納西語前冠音的來源與演變 [The Origin and Evolution of Pre-initials in Proto-Naish]”, in Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics‎[2], volume 12, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 212 of 201–228
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