Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(s)nap

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-nap; cognate with Burmese နှပ် (hnap, “snot”).

Noun

*(s)nap[1]

  1. mucus, snot

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: སྣབས (snabs)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ནེབ (nep /⁠nep53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ནེབ (nep), སྣེབ ('nep)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: རྣབ ('nap) (spelling in Van Driem's grammar), སྣབས (snabs) (spelling in the DDC glossary)
    • Kurtöp: ན́བ ('nap)

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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