Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/dgu

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 *tə-ŋguʔ.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: *dgu

*dgu

  1. nine

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt specifies *d.gu,[1]; this is inconsistent with other numerals, where he used a hyphen instead of a dot to separate the pre-initial. Note also that outside of Tibetic, an extra vowel *u appears between the pre-initial *d and initial *g.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: དགུ (dgu)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠tu31.ku53, du35.gu55⁠/)
    • Dzala: དུ་དགུ (dudgu)
  • East Bodish

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 128
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