Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/bla

This Proto-Bodish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pla (ashes).

Noun

*bla[1]

  1. dust
  2. ashes

Descendants

  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: བླ (bla /⁠pla53⁠/)
    • Dzala: བླ (bla)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཐའུ་ཇ (thauja)
    • Kurtöp: བྗ (bja)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023), “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 142 of 49–212