Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(m)tʰoŋ

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 *mV-taŋ (to see).

Verb

*(m)tʰoŋ[1]

  1. to see

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: མཐོང (mthong)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཐོང (thong)
    • Dzala: ཏོང (tong)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཐུང (thung)
    • Khengkha: ཐུང (thung)

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 130