Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/ti

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 *tsjij. Bodt dismisses any connection to Tibetan བཅུ (bcu); this may be possibly due it having an incompatible vowel.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  9 10
1
    Cardinal: *ti

*ti[1]

  1. ten

Descendants

  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཅི (ci /⁠tɕi53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཅི (ci)
  • 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 116