ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ

Lepcha

Etymology

From ᰑᰨ (fo, “tooth”) +‎ Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm.

Benedict identifies cognates of the second element in Garo ওয়াগাম (wa-gam, “tooth”), Burmese အံ (am) or အံသွား (amswa:, “molar”).[1]

Noun

ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm)

  1. molar[2]

(Nouns)

  • ᰑᰨᰉᰬᰯ (fonyel, “gums”)
  • ᰑᰨᰜᰫᰰ (folún, “wisdom tooth”)

References

  1. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1972), Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 25
  2. ^ Plaisier, Heleen (2007), A Grammar of Lepcha‎[2], Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 50
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