Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/na

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 *na (“to be ill”).

Verb

*na[1]

  1. to be sick, ill

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ན (na, “to fall ill”), ⇒ ནན་ཏེ (nan te, “sick, ill”), སྣད (snad, “to wound, hurt”)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ནེ (ne /⁠ne35⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: ན (na)
    • Kurtöp: ནཱ (nâ, “to be sick”)

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 121
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