Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/kʰa-bu

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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

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw?
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *bu
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-bu

    From *kʰa- (head prefix) +‎ *bu (“small round object”). The latter element may be related to Chinese 眸 (móu, “pupil of the eye”).

    Noun

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    *kʰa-bu[1]

    1. eye

    Descendants

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    • Mey-Sartang:

    References

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    1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 422
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