Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(')mras

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 *b-ras (rice, fruit).

Noun

*(')mras[1]

  1. rice

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: འབྲས ('bras)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: མྲས (mras), མྲད (mrat)
    • Kurtöp: མྲཱ (mrâ), མྲས (mras)

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 115