Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(')bu

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pu(k).

Noun

*(')bu[1]

  1. worm, wormlike creature
  2. insect

Reconstruction notes

Bodt gives the gloss "insect", but the East Bodish words meaning "snake" indicate that "worm" must also be a reconstructed meaning.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • ⇒ Dzongkha: འབུཔ ('bup)
    • Sherpa: འབུ ('bu)
    • Sikkimese: འབུ ('bu)
    • Tibetan: འབུ ('bu)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠kun35 pu53, gun35 pu53⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: པོ (po, “snake”)
    • Kurtöp: པོ (po, “snake”)

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 128
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