Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/ru (ba)

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 *krəw.

Noun

*ru (ba)

  1. horn

Reconstruction notes

Bodt's *rʷa[1] is incorrect, as Jacques points out that ru is also attested in Tibetan.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: རྭ (rwa), རུ (ru)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠ruː35⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ru35.wa53⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: རུ (ru), རོ (ro)
    • Kurtöp: རོ་ཝ (rowa), རཱོ (rô)

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 129
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