ThisProto-Sino-Tibetan entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyiʔ (Coblin, 1986); *nikə (Hill, 2019); *kuni (Miyake, 2024)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *niy ~ nəy (Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *niy (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *nəy (Matisoff, 2003); *s-nəy (STEDT)

The*ku- pre-initial appears in Kuki-Chin and Pyu.

*ku-ni(k)

1. sun
2. day

• Chinese:日(*C.nik (B-S); njig (ZS),“sun, day”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Bodish:*ni (see there for further descendants)
• Naic
  • Proto-Naish:*ŋi
    • Naxi:ni(/⁠ȵi³³⁠/)
    • Narua:ni(/⁠ɲi˥⁠/,classifier for days)
• Proto-Lolo-Burmese:*ʔnəj¹/³
  • Burmish
    • Achang:nyeih
    • Burmese:နေ(ne,“sun”),နေ့(ne.,“day”)
    • Lashi:nyidˮ
  • 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(ni)
• Kho-Bwa
  • Proto-Puroik:*a-ńii
• Pyu (Myanmar):knuy

• *sr-la(“moon”)

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan lemmas
• Proto-Sino-Tibetan nouns
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• sit-pro:Time

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