Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/swa

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.
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/Swa

Proto-Naish

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-wa.

    Noun

    *swa

    1. tooth
    Descendants
    • Naxi: hee (/⁠hɯ³³⁠/)
    • Narua: xie (/⁠hi˥⁠/)
    • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠fi˧tʰu˧⁠/)

    Etymology 2

      Compare Tibetan མཚོ (mtsho, “lake”).

      Noun

      *swa

      1. lake
      Descendants
      • Naxi: heel
      • Narua: xieq
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠fi˩⁠/)

      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
      • 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 214 of 201–228
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