From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Sino-Tibetan *p<span class="searchmatch">V</span>-lij, with an irregular vowel correspondence. *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> four *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> tsʰeɣ Naxi: lu, lul Narua: ru (/ʐv̩˧/) Laze: [Term?] (/ʐv˥ gv˥/)...
From *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> (“four”) + *tsʰeɣ (forms multiples of 10). *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> tsʰeɣ forty Naxi: lucerq Narua: rucee Laze: [Term?] (/ʐv˥ tsʰi˥ gv˧/)...
rGyalrongic Japhug: kɯβde Naic <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Naish</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> Naxi: lu, lul Narua: ru (/ʐv̩˧/) Laze: [Term?] (/ʐv˥ gv˥/) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Lolo-Burmese: *b/ʔ-ləj² (“four”)...
element with <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj cannot explain why a rhoticized vowel appears in Naxi reflexes. *tsʰeɣ Forms multiples of 10. *<span class="searchmatch">ljV</span> tsʰeɣ *saɣ...
East rGyalrongic Japhug: tɯjaʁ Zbu: jâx Naic Namuyi: lā (“to take”) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Naish</span>: *lak ⇒ Naxi: laqpu (/lɑ²¹pʰu³³/) ⇒ Narua: lokhua (/lo˩qʰwɤ˧/) Lolo-Burmese...