Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/lek

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

See Proto-Tibeto-Burman *l(y)a(k/ŋ).

Adjective

*lek[1]

  1. good

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ལེགས (legs)
    • ⇒ Sherpa: ལེའ་མུ (le' mu)
    • Sikkimese: ལེགས (legs)
    • Tibetan: ལེགས (legs)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠li35 khu53⁠/)
    • Dzala: [script needed] ((')li gu)
  • East Bodish
    • ⇒ Kurtöp: ལི་མུ (limu)

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 90
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