Central Bai

Noun

ɕy³³

1. water

References

• Grace Claire Wiersma, A Study of the Bai (Minjia) Language Along Historical Lines (1990): shui3
• Bryan Allen, Zhang Xia Bai Dialect Survey (2004, Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, ISBN 7-5367-2967-7): /ɕy³³/ 水 (in all dialects of Bai except Luobenzhuo, which has /sy³³/)

1. ↑ Yeon-Ju Lee, Laurent Sagart, "No limits to borrowing: The case of Bai and Chinese", Diachronica (25 (3): 357–385; 2008)

Lama Bai

Etymology

Borrowed, like Central Bai ɕy³³, from Chinese 水 ‎(shuǐ).

Noun

ɕy³³

1. water

References

• Bryan Allen, Zhang Xia Bai Dialect Survey (2004, Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, ISBN 7-5367-2967-7): /ɕy³³/ 水 (in all dialects of Bai except Luobenzhuo, which has /sy³³/)

Southern Bai

Etymology

Borrowed, like Central Bai ɕy³³, from Chinese 水 ‎(shuǐ).

Noun

ɕy³³

1. water

References

• Bryan Allen, Zhang Xia Bai Dialect Survey (2004, Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, ISBN 7-5367-2967-7): /ɕy³³/ 水 (in all dialects of Bai except Luobenzhuo, which has /sy³³/)