Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(')bru

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

*(')bru[1]

  1. seed
    Synonym: *sa gʷan
  2. grain

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: འབྱུ ('byu)
    • Sherpa: འབྲུ ('bru)
    • Sikkimese: འབྲུ ('bru)
    • Tibetan: འབྲུ ('bru)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: བྲུ (bru /⁠bru53⁠/)
    • Dzala: བྲུ་ན (bruna)
  • East Bodish

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 114
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