Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(s)nes

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-ni-s. This numeral was famously lost in Tibetic.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: *(s)nes

*(s)nes[1]

  1. seven

Descendants

  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠nis55⁠/)
    • Dzala: སྣི ('ni)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: གནིས (gnis)
    • Khengkha: ཉིད (nyit)
    • Kurtöp: ནཱི́ ('nî)

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 153
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