Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ŋja

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology 1

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ngyaɣ (Coblin, 1986); *ŋyɑ (Chou, 1972)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ŋya (Matisoff, STEDT); *ngya (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *ŋya (LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972); *ŋyɑ (Chou, 1972)
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio).

Noun

*s-ŋja

  1. fish
Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 魚／鱼 (yú) ("fish"), 漁/䱷 ("to fish") (both: /*ŋa/ (ZS))
    (魚 in the oracle bone script)
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→ Japanese: 魚 (ぎょ, ​gyo)
Korean: 어 (魚, eo)
Vietnamese: ngư (魚)

Etymology 2

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ŋya (Matisoff, STEDT); *d‑ŋa (Matisoff, 2003)

Noun

*s-ŋja

  1. tusk; tooth
Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 牙 (yá) /*m-ɢˁ<r>a/ (B-S), /*ŋraː/ (ZS) ("tooth")
    • Middle Chinese: 牙 (ŋˠa)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 牙 (yá) (yá, /ia³⁵/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 牙 (yá) /ŋaː²¹/
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: 牙 (yá) /ŋa²³/
    • Min
      • Min Nan
        • Taiwan: 牙 (yá) /ɡe²⁴/ (colloquial), /ɡa²⁴/ (literary)

See also

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