allofam

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ fam (“abbreviation of family”).

Noun

allofam (plural allofams)

Examples
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-na would be the allofam from *r/g-na which gave rise to རྣ་བ (rna ba, “ear”).
  1. (usually in Sino-Tibetan linguistics) a linguistic form (attested or reconstructed word) which belongs to a particular word family.

Derived terms

See also

  • allocomp
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