Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ŋəw

Etymology

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

Verb

 * 1) to cry, weep

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: ,
 * Middle Chinese: ,
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:, ,
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Kiranti: *ŋok- ~ *ŋak- (Michailovsky, 1991)
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Tangut:
 * Lolo-Burmese: *ŋəw¹ (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Burmic
 * Maruic
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Naic:
 * Naish:
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong: