Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/liŋ

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 *mV-liŋ.

Noun

*liŋ[1]

  1. field

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཞིང (zhing)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: ལེང (leng)
    • Kurtöp: ལེང (leng, garden), ས་ལེང (saleng)

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 86