Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ŋaq

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: *ŋaq (Hill, 2019)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: N/A

Verb

*ŋaq

  1. to speak

Descendants

  • Chinese: 語 / 语 (OC /*ŋ(r)aʔ/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish:
    • Tibetic:
      • Sikkimese: ངག (ngag, “speech”)
      • Tibetan: ངག (ngag, “speech”)
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *ŋiak
  • Pyu (Myanmar): ṅa (“to exclaim”)
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