Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(l)ta

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 *lV-taʔ.

Verb

*(l)ta[1]

  1. to look at

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ལྟ (lta)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཏེ (te /⁠te55⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཏེ (te)
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: (ta)
    • Kurtöp: (ta)

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 121