Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(a)pa

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 *paʔ.

Noun

*(a)pa[1]

  1. father

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཨ་ཕ (a pha) (with irregular aspiration), པ་ལགས (pa lags)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠(ʔ)a55 pa53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཨ་པ (apa)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཨ་པ ('apa)
    • Khengkha: [script needed] (apa)
    • Kurtöp: [script needed] ('apa)

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 78