Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-lwa-p

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-lwa-p (Matisoff, STEDT), *k-l-wap (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*g-lwa-p

1. lung

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: གློ་བ (glo ba, “lungs”), གློ་དོང (glo dong, “windpipe”), གློ་སྦུབས (glo sbubs, “trachea”), གློ་ནད (glo nad, “tuberculosis”)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • *Garo possibly kasop (“lungs”)

Synonyms

• *tsjwap
• *p-wap
• *s-wap
• *s-map
• *ts(i/u)-t