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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-nak

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: *nək ⪤ Cnək, *nes ~ nyes (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-nak (Matisoff, STEDT; LaPolla, 1987)

May be a descendant of *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark, ink”), from assimilation of the root initial (in place of articulation) by the prefix *s-.

Adjective

*s-nak

  1. black
  2. evil

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 匿 (*nrək (B-S); *nɯg (ZS), “to hide”); 慝 (*n̥ˁək (B-S); *n̥ɯːg (ZS), “evil”)
    • Middle Chinese: 匿 /ɳɨk/, 慝 (tè) /tʰək/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 匿 (nì) /ni⁵¹/), 慝 (tè) /tʰɤ⁵¹/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ནག་པོ (nag po, “black”), སྣག (snag), སྣག་ཚ (snag tsha, “ink, Chinese ink”)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • rGyalrongic
      • Situ: (kə)neʔk (“black”)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *s-nakᴴ (“black”)
    • Burmish
      • Maruic
        • Pela: naʔ³¹ (“black”)
        • Lhao Vo: no (“black”)/[[#Lhao Vo|]] (“black”)
      • Burmic
        • Written Burmese: နက် (nak, “black”)
    • Proto-Loloish: *C-nakᴴ (“black”)
      • Northern Loloish
      • Central Loloish
        • Lolopo: neix (“black”)
  • Naic:
    • Naish:
      • Naxi: naq (“black”)
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