Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(s)kra

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 *s-kra.

Noun

*(s)kra[1]

  1. hair (on the head)

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: སྐྱ (skya)
    • Tibetan: སྐྲ (skra)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཁྲ (khra)
    • Dzala: ཁྲ (khra)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཀྲ (kra), དབྲ ('ra)
    • Kurtöp: ར́ ('ra)

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 109
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