Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/sʲa-ba

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-
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *ba
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *sʲa-ba

    From *sʲa- + *ba. Cognate with Bulu Puroik səfəu, Dikhyang Bugun səwuə. Also compare Tibetan ཤྭ་བ (shwa ba, “deer”).

    Noun

    *sʲa-ba[1]

    1. cattle

    Descendants

    • Chug-Lish:
      • Chug: ɕa
      • Lish: ɕa
    • Mey-Sartang:
      • Sartang:
        Khoina: ʂu
        Jerigaon: hu
        Khoitam: hu
        Rahung: hu
      • Sherdukpen:
        Rupa: spu
        Shergaon: spu

    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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