Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/kʰa-

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 *m/s-gaw?

Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw. Cognate with Tibetan མགོ (mgo).

Prefix

*kʰa-

1. head

Derived terms

• *kʰa-bu (“eye”)
• *kʰa-kʰaŋ (“boil”, noun)
• *kʰa-nʷaŋ (“Miji people”)
• *kʰa-rok (“head”)
• *kʰa-tsʰʷam (“mud”)
• *kʰa-tʰoŋ (“cap, hat”)
• *kʰa-tʰuŋ (“ear”)
• *kʰa-zʲaŋ (“hair of the head”)