Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pla

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *pla (Benedict, 1972; STEDT)

Noun

*pla

  1. ashes (remains of fire)

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *bla (“ashes”)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: བླ (bla /⁠pla53⁠/)
      • Dzala: བླ (bla)
    • East Bodish
      • ⇒ Bumthangkha: ཐའུ་ཇ (thauja)
      • Kurtöp: བྗ (bja)
  • Proto-Tamangic: *ᴮbraː (“ash, dust, powder”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • ⇒ Proto-Bodo-Garo: *thap⁴-la (“ashes”) (compound with *tap (“fireplace”))
    • Dimasa: thâpla
    • Garo: tapra
    • Kokborok: thapla (“ashes”)
  • Proto-Karen: *phaᴮ (“ash, fireplace”)
  • Lepcha: ᰎᰥᰫ (prú)
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