Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-lwa-p

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-lwa-p (Matisoff, STEDT), *k-l-wap (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*g-lwa-p

lung

Descendants

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: གློ་བ (glo ba, “lungs”), གློ་དོང (glo dong, “windpipe”), གློ་སྦུབས (glo sbubs, “trachea”), གློ་ནད (glo nad, “tuberculosis”)

Synonyms

*tsjwap
*p-wap
*s-wap
*s-map
*ts(i/u)-t

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