Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/mla

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-la(k).

Bodt, following Hill, projects the final 'a chung to the Proto-Bodish level;[1] something Jacques finds dubious.

Noun

*mla

  1. arrow

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: མདའ (mda')
    • Sherpa: མདའ (mda')
    • Sikkimese: མདའ (mda')
    • Tibetan: མདའ (mda')
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠bla53, mla35⁠/)
    • Dzala: མླ (mla)
  • East Bodish

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 138
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