Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-nəj

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyiʔ (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *niy ~ nəy (Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *niy (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *nəy (Matisoff, 2003); *s-nəy (STEDT)

Noun

*s-nəj

1. sun
2. day

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 日 (*C.nik (B-S); njig (ZS), “sun, day”)
  • Middle Chinese: 日 (ȵiɪt)

**:

→ Japanese: 日 (にち, ​nichi)
Korean: 일 (日, il)
Vietnamese: nhật (日)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 日 (rì, /ʐʐ̩⁵¹/)
    • Cantonese
      • Guangzhou: 日 /jɐt̚²/
    • Wu
      • Shanghai: 日 (ȵiɪ̆ʔ²³) (colloquial), /z̻ə̆ʔ¹²/ (literary)
  • Min
    • Min Nan
      • Taiwan: 日 /d͡ʑit̚⁵, lit̚⁵/
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun, day”)
      • East Bodish:
        • Kurtöp: ནེ (ne)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: နေ (ne, “sun”), နေ့ (ne., “day”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꑍ (nyip, “day, daytime”)
• Proto-Karen: *nejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: နံၤ (neē, “day”)
  • Western Pwo: နံၩ (“day”)

See also

• *s-(g)la (“moon”)