Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/sa-rgʲat

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

**Proto-Western Kho-Bwa numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: *sa-rgʲat

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetic (compare Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad, “eight”)), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat. The borrowing underwent simplification of the initial cluster.

Numeral

*sa-rgʲat^[1]^[2]

(cardinal number) eight

Descendants

Chug-Lish:
- Chug: sargɛˀ
- Lish: sargɛ
Mey-Sartang:
- Sartang:
  Khoina: sargɛˀ
  
  Jerigaon: sargɛˀ
  
  Khoitam: sardʑɛˀ
  
  Rahung: sardʑɛˀ
- Sherdukpen:
  Rupa: sarɟat
  
  Shergaon: sardʑat

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 586
^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2019) “The Duhumbi perspective on Proto-Western Kho-Bwa rhymes”, in Die Sprache‎^[2], volume 52, number 2, page 6 of 141–176

[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 586

[2] Bodt, Timotheus A. (2019) “The Duhumbi perspective on Proto-Western Kho-Bwa rhymes”, in Die Sprache‎^[2], volume 52, number 2, page 6 of 141–176

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