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English
Etymology
From allo- + fam (“abbreviation of family”).
Noun
allofam (plural allofams)
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- Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-na would be the allofam from *r/g-na which gave rise to རྣ་བ (rna ba, “ear”).
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- (usually in Sino-Tibetan linguistics) a linguistic form (attested or reconstructed word) which belongs to a particular word family.
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