Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/m-le

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 *m/s-laj ~ s-lej.

Noun

*m-le[1]

  1. tongue

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ལྕེ (lce)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ལེ (le)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: གླི (gli)
    • Khengkha: གླི (gli)
    • Kurtöp: ལི́ ('li)

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 119
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