Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/(C)-nikə

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

*(C)-nikə

1. sun
2. day

Descendants

• Chinese: 日 (*C.nik (B-S); njig (ZS), “sun, day”) (see there for further descendants)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun, day”)
      • East Bodish:
        • Kurtöp: ནེ (ne)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *ʔnəj¹/³
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: နေ (ne, “sun”), နေ့ (ne., “day”)
    • Proto-Loloish: *(ʔ)-ne¹
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꑍ (nyip, “day, daytime”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu: ꓠꓬꓲꓺ (ɲi̱, “day”)
        • Lipo: 𖼬𖽡𖾐 (“day”)
        • Lolopo: ni (“day”)
• Proto-Karen: *nejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: နံၤ (neē, “day”)
  • Western Pwo: နံၩ (“day”)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *nii (“sun; day”)
  • Central
    • Mizo: ni (“sun; day”)
• Manipuri: ꯅꯤ (nee)

See also

• *s-(g)la (“moon”)