Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-naːj ~ s-nej

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyɨy (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-naːy ⪤ *s-ney (Matisoff, STEDT); *ney (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972)

Adjective

 * 1) to be near, close

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: ;
 * Middle Chinese: ;
 * Modern Mandarin:
 * Beijing: (ěr, );  (nì, )
 * Himalayish:
 * Tibeto-Kanauri:
 * Bodic:
 * Tibetan:
 * Written:
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi:
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * Burmish:
 * Written: