Reconstruction:Proto-Western Kho-Bwa/w̥aq/pʰʷa-kʰʲaj

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Proto-Western Kho-Bwa

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *w(a/u)
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *w̥aq-
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰʲaj
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *pʰʷa-
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *kʰʲaj
    Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *w̥aq/pʰʷa-kʰʲaj

    From *w̥aq- / *pʰʷa- (bird prefix) + *kʰʲaj. Chug-Lish reflexes the former and Mey-Sartang reflexes the latter.

    The second element is cognate with Dikhyang Bugun kʰe (“chicken”), and probably Chinese 雞 (MC kej).

    Noun

    *w̥aq/pʰʷa-kʰʲaj[1]

    1. chicken

    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 530
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