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

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 *tʰuŋ

Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰa-tʰuŋ

From *kʰa- (head prefix) +‎ *tʰuŋ (“round solid object?”).

Noun

*kʰa-tʰuŋ^[1]

ear

Descendants

Chug-Lish:
- Chug: kʰutʰuŋ^[2]
- Lish: kʰutʰuŋ
Mey-Sartang:
- Sartang:
  Khoina: gatʰyŋ
  
  Jerigaon: kʰtʰyŋlɛˀ
  
  Khoitam: kʰtʰyŋ
  
  Rahung: kʰtʰyŋ
- Sherdukpen:
  Rupa: gətʰyŋ
  
  Shergaon: kʰətʰuŋlap

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
^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2020) Grammar of Duhumbi (Chugpa) (Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region; 23), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, page 257

[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

[2] Bodt, Timotheus A. (2020) Grammar of Duhumbi (Chugpa) (Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region; 23), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, page 257

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