ཆ་ཝ

Kurtöp

Etymology

Cognate to Burmese စပ် (cap, “hot, spicy”) and Tangut 𘟌 (*tsar¹, “pepper”); their common ancestor would be Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rtsap (“Sichuan pepper”). The Kurtöp word is the only surviving reflex of this term in any of the Bodish languages.

Also related to Chali ཆཽ (chau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [c͡ɕʰɐ́.wɐ]

Noun

ཆ་ཝ (chawa)

  1. Sichuan pepper

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 350
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