Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/lak

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 *tV-lak.

Noun

*lak[1]

  1. hand
  2. arm

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • ⇒ Dzongkha: ལགཔ (lgap)
    • ⇒ Ladakhi: ལག་པ (lag pa)
    • ⇒ Sherpa: ལག་པ (lag pa)
    • Sikkimese: ལག (lag)
    • Tibetan: ལག (lag)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠laʔ53, la55⁠/)
    • Dzala: [script needed] ('la)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཡག (yak)
    • Kurtöp: ཡཱ (yâ)

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 138
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