Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/nam-bla

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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

Etymology

    From *nam- (sky prefix) +‎ Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (moon, month). Cognate with Bulu Puroik haNbɔ, Dikhyang Bugun habʲe. The second element is cognate with Tibetan ཟླ (zla).

    Noun 1

    *nam-bla[1]

    1. moon
    2. month

    Descendants

    • Chug-Lish:
    • Mey-Sartang:

    Noun 2

    *nam-bla[2]

    1. frost

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎, Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 167
    2. ^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎, Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 466