Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/kʰa

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

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Noun

*kʰa[1]

  1. mouth
  2. speech, language

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt wrongly splits the "language" and "mouth" senses into separate entries.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ཁ (kha)
    • Tibetan: ཁ (kha)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཁ (kha /⁠kʰa53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཁ (kha)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཁ (kha)
    • Khengkha: ཁ (kha)
    • Kurtöp: ཁ (kha)

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 77, 160 of 49–212
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