Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/kʰo

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

Cognate with Proto-Puroik *kua (“water”), Dikhyang Bugun kʰo (“water”), Tibetan ཁུ་བ (khu ba, “broth, semen”).

Noun

*kʰo[1]

  1. water

Descendants

  • Chug-Lish:
    • Chug: kʰɔw
    • Lish: kʰaw
  • Mey-Sartang:
    • Sartang:
      Khoina: kʰɔ
      Jerigaon: kʰɔ
      Khoitam: kʰo
      Rahung: kʰo
    • Sherdukpen:
      Rupa: kʰɔ
      Shergaon: kʰɔ

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 458
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