Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/sʲa-

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 *sja-n

Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *sʲa-

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n. Doublet of *sʲa (“meat”).

Prefix

*sʲa-

1. (anatomy) meat

Derived terms

• *sʲa-ba (“cattle”)
• *sʲa-boj (“porcupine”)
• *sʲa-kʰaj (“sheep”)
• *sʲa-kʰok (“skin, bark”)
• *sʲa-kʰom (“pillow”)
• *sʲa-loŋ (“Bugun people”)
• *sʲa-ma (“mithun”)
• *sʲa-pak (“pig”)
• *sʲa-qʰrʷak (“ant”)
• *sʲa-qʰʲok (“soybean”)
• *sʲa-taq (“horse”)