sy³³
Northern Bai
Etymology
Borrowed, like Central Bai ɕy³³, from Chinese 水 (shuǐ). Bai has borrowed an exceptionally large amount (almost half) of its basic vocabulary from Chinese.[1]
References
- Bryan Allen, Zhang Xia Bai Dialect Survey (2004, Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN: /ɕy³³/ 水 (in all dialects of Bai except Luobenzhuo, which has /sy³³/)
- Yeon-Ju Lee, Laurent Sagart, "No limits to borrowing: The case of Bai and Chinese", Diachronica (25 (3): 357–385; 2008)
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