Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(b)lap ma

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 *lap (“leaf”) + *ma.

Noun

*(b)lap ma

  1. leaf

Reconstruction notes

Bodt[1] omits the *ma in the proto-form.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: འདབ་མ ('dab ma), ལོ་མ (lo ma)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠bla35 ma55⁠/)
    • Dzala: བླབ་མ (blapma)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: སླམ་སྦ (slamsba)
    • Khengkha: ལམ་པ (lampa)
    • Kurtöp: ལ́མ་པན ('lampan), ལ́པ་མེན ('lapmen)

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 142
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