Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/za

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 *dzaʔ.

Verb

*za

  1. to eat

Reconstruction

  • This is one of a few verbs where Tibetan shows an ablaut alternation between *a and *o with the East Bodish forms preserving an *o form. Also, the Dakpa-Dzala regular shift of *a to *e did not occur in this verb.[1] The origin of the *o form has been fiercely debated without a consensus, with every scholar weighing in on the matter having their own theory.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཟ (za)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཟ (za)
    • Dzala: ཟ (za)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཟུ (zu)
    • Khengkha: ཟུ (zu)
    • Kurtöp: ཟུ (zu)

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 133
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