Reconstruction:Proto-Puroik/goo

This Proto-Puroik 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-Puroik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka
    Proto-Puroik *goo

    Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *ga, Proto-Kuki-Chin *kay.

    Pronoun

    *goo[1]

    1. I; first-person singular pronoun

    Descendants

    • Puroik:
      Bulu: guu
      Kojo-Rojo: goo
      Sanchu: goo

    References

    1. ^ Lieberherr, Ismael (2015) “A progress report on the historical phonology and affiliation of Puroik”, in North East Indian Linguistics (NEIL)‎[1], volume 7, page 261 of 235–286
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