Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/tsʰji

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

    Li compares Tibetan ཚེར་མ (tsher ma, “thorn”).

    Noun

    *tsʰji

    1. thorn
    Descendants
    • Naxi: qi
    • Narua: qie

    Etymology 2

      Li compares Tibetan འཇིབ ('jib, “to suck”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-tsjup.

      Verb

      *tsʰji

      1. to suck
      Descendants
      • Naxi: qil
      • Narua: qiqi
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠tsʰi˩ tsʰi˩⁠/)

      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 215-219 of 201–228
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