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

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-

Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰaŋ

Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-kʰaŋ

From *kʰa- (head prefix) +‎ *kʰaŋ (“boil”). The second element is cognate with Tshangla [Term?] (/⁠kʰraŋpa⁠/), which has been borrowed into Chug [Term?] (/⁠kʰraŋpa⁠/), Lish [Term?] (/⁠kʰaŋpa⁠/, “boil”, noun).

Noun

*kʰa-kʰaŋ^[1] (Mey-Sartang)

boil (accumulation of pus on the skin)

Descendants

Mey-Sartang:
- Sartang:
  Khoina: gəkʰaŋ
  
  Khoitam: kʰakʰaŋ
  
  Rahung: kʰaŋkʰaŋ
- Sherdukpen:
  Rupa: kʰaŋkʰaŋ
  
  Shergaon: kʰaŋkʰaŋ

References

^ 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

[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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