Reconstruction:Proto-Kho-Bwa/a-breŋ

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This Proto-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-Kho-Bwa

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (sound; noise; animal cry).[1] Cognate with Lepcha [Term?] (/⁠ʔábryáng⁠/), Drung [Term?] (/⁠ɑŋ⁵⁵bɹiŋ⁵³⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ɑŋ³¹bɹɯŋ⁵³⁠/, name), Chinese (míng, “to cry, call”), Burmese မြည် (mrany, to make a sound), Japhug mbri (to be noisy).

    Per Bodt, not to be derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (name). STEDT reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-braŋ for some of the cognates mentioned above.

    Noun

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    *a-breŋ[2]

    1. name

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2021 April 24) “Two etymons for “name” in Sino-Tibetan?”, in Panchronica[1]
    2. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎[2], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 429