Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-n̥uk

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: *snjəkw (Coblin, 1986); *snuk or *nhuk (Schuessler, 2007: 471)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-nok (LaPolla, 1987); *s-nuk (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

This etymon frequently alternates between *n and *t in rGyalrongic; Lai (2023) indexes this with *n̥ in rGyalrongic.[1]

Noun

*sV-n̥uk

  1. bean

Descendants

  • Chinese: 菽 (OC *s-t(ʰ)uk (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Geshiza: stʰɔ
      • Khroskyabs: snóɣ
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: stoʁ
      • Tshobdun: stɔ
      • Zbu: snôʁ
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *nu (“soybean”)
      • Naxi: nvq
      • ⇒ Narua: nulee
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠ɲy˥⁠/)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *s-nukᴴ
  • Nungish
    • Drung: vnoq

References

  1. ^ Lai, Yunfan (2023), “On plosive-nasal correspondences and alternations in Gyalrongic and their possible solutions”, in Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, volume 52, pages 1-39
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