Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/bʲa

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 *b(j/r)a (“bird, bee”).

Noun

*bʲa[1]

  1. bird

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: བྱ (bya)
    • Sherpa: བྱ (bya)
    • Sikkimese: བྱ༹
    • Tibetan: བྱ (bya)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཆ (cha /⁠tɕa35⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཞ (zha)
  • East Bodish
    • ⇒ Bumthangkha: ཇ་འུ་ཡ (jauya)
    • Khengkha: ཇ (ja)
    • ⇒ Kurtöp: ཇའུ་ཡ (jauya)

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 98
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