Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(d)puŋ

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 *tV-puŋ (PTB *pwaŋ in STEDT).

Noun

*(d)puŋ[1]

  1. shoulder

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: དཔུངམ (dpungm)
    • Sherpa: དཔུང་པ (dpung pa)
    • Tibetan: དཔུང་པ (dpung pa)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: པོང་མ (pongma)
    • Khengkha: པོང་མ (pongma)
    • Kurtöp: པོང་མ (pongma)

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 93