Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/tsʰeɣ

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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.
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Proto-Naish

Etymology 1

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Adjective

*tsʰeɣ

  1. hot
Descendants
  • Naxi: cer (/⁠tsʰɚ³³⁠/)
  • Narua: cee (/⁠tsʰi˧⁠/)
  • Laze: (/⁠tsʰi˧⁠/)

Etymology 2

STEDT's identification of this element with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj cannot explain why a rhoticized vowel appears in Naxi reflexes.

Numeral

*tsʰeɣ

  1. Forms multiples of 10.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

*tsʰeɣ

  1. to cut up
Descendants
  • Naxi: cerl (to cut up)
  • Narua: ciq (to cut into pieces)
  • Laze: (/⁠tsʰi˧˥⁠/, to cut)

Further reading

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