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

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Etymology

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  • 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

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*s-nəj

  1. sun
  2. day

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (*C.nik (B-S); njig (ZS), sun, day)
    • Middle Chinese: (ȵiɪt)
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Japanese:  (にち, ​nichi)
Korean:  (, il)
Vietnamese: nhật ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (, /ʐʐ̩⁵¹/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: /jɐt̚²/
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: (ȵiɪ̆ʔ²³) (colloquial), /z̻ə̆ʔ¹²/ (literary)
    • Min
      • Min Nan
        • Taiwan: /d͡ʑit̚⁵, lit̚⁵/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma, sun, day)
        • East Bodish:
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Proto-Karen: *nejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *nii (sun; day)
    • Central
      • Mizo: ni (sun; day)
  • Manipuri: ꯅꯤ (nee)

See also

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