Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/sʲa-

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 *sja-n
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *sʲa-

    Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n. Doublet of *sʲa (“meat”).

    Prefix

    *sʲa-[1]

    1. (anatomy) meat

    Derived terms

    • *sʲa-ba (“cattle”)
    • *sʲa-boj (“porcupine”)
    • *sʲa-kʰaj (“sheep”)
    • *sʲa-kʰok (“skin, bark”)
    • *sʲa-kʰom (“pillow”)
    • *sʲa-loŋ (“Bugun people”)
    • *sʲa-ma (“mithun”)
    • *sʲa-pak (“pig”)
    • *sʲa-qʰrʷak (“ant”)
    • *sʲa-qʰʲok (“soybean”)
    • *sʲa-taq (“horse”)

    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 530
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