Reconstruction:Proto-Kho-Bwa/um

This Proto-Kho-Bwa 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-Kho-Bwa

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum
    Proto-Kho-Bwa *um

    Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-sum.

    Numeral

    *um[1]

    1. (cardinal number) three

    Descendants

    • Bugun: ũm
    • Proto-Puroik: *ɨm̄
      • Puroik:
        Bulu: ɨm
        Kojo-Rojo: ɹɨm
        Sanchu: ɯk
    • Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *um
      • Chug-Lish:
        • Chug: ɔm
        • Lish: ɔm
      • Mey-Sartang:
        • Sartang:
          Khoina: ũ
          Jerigaon: uŋ
          Khoitam: uŋ
          Rahung: uŋ
        • Sherdukpen:
          Rupa: uŋ
          Shergaon: uŋ

    References

    1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 410
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