Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/sa

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 *s(r)aj.

Noun

*sa[1]

  1. earth, ground, soil

Reconstruction notes

The Dakpa and Dzala forms fail to participate in the usual change of *a to e, leading to Bodt to declare at least them as borrowings from Tibetan.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ས (sa)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ས (sa /⁠sa53⁠/)
    • ⇒ Dzala: ས་ཞིང (sazhing)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ས (sa)
    • Khengkha: ས (sa)
    • Kurtöp: ས (sa)

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 80
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