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

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 *tʰuŋ
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-tʰuŋ

    From *kʰa- (head prefix) +‎ *tʰuŋ (“round solid object?”).

    Noun

    *kʰa-tʰuŋ[1]

    1. ear

    Descendants

    • Chug-Lish:
    • Mey-Sartang:
      • Sartang:
        Khoina: gatʰyŋ
        Jerigaon: kʰtʰyŋlɛˀ
        Khoitam: kʰtʰyŋ
        Rahung: kʰtʰyŋ
      • Sherdukpen:
        Rupa: gətʰyŋ
        Shergaon: kʰətʰuŋlap

    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
    2. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2020) Grammar of Duhumbi (Chugpa) (Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region; 23), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, page 257
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