Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/tʰep
Proto-Bodish
Etymology
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Verb
*tʰep
Reconstruction notes
- Bodt's gloss "spit"[1] is not very accurate, since the Tibetan verb has a far wider semantic range.
Descendants
- Tibetic
- Dakpa-Dzala
- Dakpa: ཏེབ (tep /tep53/)
- East Bodish
- Kurtöp: ཐེབ (thep, “saliva”)
References
- ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 91