Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/a-

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

Prefix

*a-

1. body
2. forms kinship terms

Derived terms

• *a-bʲeŋ (“name”)
• *a-dʷaŋ (“when”)
• *a-jo (“fat”)
• *a-kʰo (“soup, liquid, broth, juice”)
• *a-liw-da (“beautiful”)
• *a-l̥aj ~ a-l̥uj (“intestines”)
• *a-mur (“hair (body); feather”)
• *a-nʲuj (“tail”)
• *a-n̥aj (“pus”)
• *a-qʰoŋ (“egg”)
• *a-qʰʷuŋ (“spirit, shadow”)
• *a-rej (“brother-in-law”)
• *a-r̥ap (“leaf”)
• *ma/a-nʲu (“marrow”)
• *sʲa/a-bʲi (“gall, bile”)
• *sʲa/a-nʲu (“brain”)