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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ŋəw

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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: *nguɣw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ŋəw (Matisoff, STEDT), *ŋuw (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987; Michailovsky, 1991), *nguw (*A) (Coblin, 1986)

Verb

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*ŋəw

  1. to cry, weep

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (áo), (/*ŋaːw/ (ZS), sound of wailing)
    • Middle Chinese: (áo), (áo) /ŋɑu/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (áo), (áo), /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ངུ་བ (ngu ba, to cry, weep)
    • Kiranti: *ŋok- ~ *ŋak- (cry) (Michailovsky, 1991)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗥸 (*ŋwu², to cry, sob)
  • Lolo-Burmese: *ŋəw¹ (weep) (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
    • Proto-Loloish: *ŋo¹ (cry) (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): (ngo, to cry)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓥꓴꓻ (ŋu, to cry)
  • Naic:
    • Naish:
      • Naxi: ngvq (to cry, to weep)
  • Nungish:
    • Rawang: ngø (to cry, to weep)
    • Trung/Drung/Dulong: ngeu (to cry)

See also

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