Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(m)nam

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 *mnam.

Verb

*(m)nam[1]

  1. to have a smell

Reconstruction notes

Originally an *o ~ *a ablauting verb.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: མནམ (mnam), ⇒ སྣོམ (snom)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠nem35⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠num35⁠/)

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 122
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