Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(s)min

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 *sV-min. Compare Burmese မှည့် (hmany., “ripe”).

Adjective

*(s)min[1]

  1. ripe

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: སྨིན (smin, “to ripen”)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠men35⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: མེན་ན (menna)
    • Khengkha: མེན་ན (menna)
    • Kurtöp: མེ́ན་པ ('menpa)

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 86
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