Contionary:nao

Diluvian Code

Etymology

From the fusion of na and ao.

Pronunciation

(Diluvian Code) IPA: /nə́ò/

Pronoun

nao

1. I (first person singular (subject) pronoun)
2. old woman

Usage notes

This is the laurentian inflection of kao "I".

Descendents

• Adamic Code: anu
• Proto-Eskimo-Aleut: *nga (←kao?)
• Proto-Algic: *ni
• Proto-Uto-Aztecan: *newa
• Proto-Basque: *ni
• → Proto-Indo-European: *mē
• Proto-Uralic: *minä
• Proto-Yukaghir: *met
• Proto-Turkic: *ben
• Proto-Mongolic: *bi
• Proto-Tungusic: *bi
• Proto-Koreanic: *na
• Proto-Japonic: *na
• Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan: *ḡeme (←kao?)
• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ngaj (←kao?)
• Proto-Dravidian: *yān
• Proto-Austroasiatic: *nī'
• Proto-Trans–New Guinea: *na
• Proto-Pama-Nyungan: *nga (←kao?)
• Proto-Niger-Congo: *mV