Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/luk

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

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Noun

*luk[1]

  1. to pour

Reconstruction notes

Bodt cites a Tibetan ལུག་པ (lug pa) as the Tibetan cognate, but ལྡུག (ldug) semantically fits better and is also derived from a root *lug < *luk.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: བླུག (blug)
    • Sherpa: ལུག (lug)
    • Sikkimese: བླུག (blug)
    • Tibetan: ལྡུག (ldug), བླུགས (blugs)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠lok35⁠/)
    • Dzala: ལོག (lok)
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: ཡོ (yo)
    • Kurtöp: ཡོག (yok)

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 92