Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rV-ŋaw

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r+ngaɣw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r-ŋaw (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

It is also possible that the rGyalrongic cognates are actually borrowings from Tibetan (Zhang, Jacques & Lai 2019).

Verb

*rV-ŋaw

  1. to fry, roast

Descendants

  • Chinese: 熬 (OC *ŋˤaw (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *(r)ŋo
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: རྔོད (rngod), རྔོ་ལེན (rngo len)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠ŋo35⁠/)
    • East Bodish
  • Proto-Tamangic: *ᴬŋo
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: rŋu
      • Situ: ka-rŋô
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *now
    • Tangkhul Naga: khangui
  • Chepangic
    • Chepang: ङाव्‌सा
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