Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/ŋʲuŋ

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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Adjective

*ŋʲuŋ[1]

  1. few, little

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཉུང (nyung)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠ȵuŋ35 po53⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ȵ̥uŋ35.ko53⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: ཉིང་ཝ (nyingwa)
    • Kurtöp: ངིང་བ (ngingba)

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 136
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