Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/lim

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

Compare Chinese 甜 (tián, “sweet”).

Adjective

*lim[1]

  1. tasty, delicious

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཞིམ་པོ (zhim po)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ལེམ་མོ (lemmo)
  • East Bodish
    • Kurtöp: ལེམ (lem)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, pages 87-88
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