Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/kʰa-kʰaŋ

This Proto-Western 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-Western Kho-Bwa

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qow?
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰaŋ
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-kʰaŋ

    From *kʰa- (head prefix) +‎ *kʰaŋ (“boil”). The second element is cognate with Tshangla [Term?] (/⁠kʰraŋpa⁠/), which has been borrowed into Chug [Term?] (/⁠kʰraŋpa⁠/), Lish [Term?] (/⁠kʰaŋpa⁠/, “boil”, noun).

    Noun

    *kʰa-kʰaŋ[1] (Mey-Sartang)

    1. boil (accumulation of pus on the skin)

    Descendants

    • Mey-Sartang:
      • Sartang:
        Khoina: gəkʰaŋ
        Khoitam: kʰakʰaŋ
        Rahung: kʰaŋkʰaŋ
      • Sherdukpen:
        Rupa: kʰaŋkʰaŋ
        Shergaon: kʰaŋkʰaŋ

    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 422
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