Reconstruction:Proto-Puroik/kə-tuŋ

This Proto-Puroik 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-Puroik

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *n̥a-tʰoŋ.

Noun

*kə-tuŋ[1]

  1. neck

Descendants

  • Puroik:
    Bulu: kətuNrin
    Kojo-Rojo: tuŋrin
    Sanchu: kətuŋ

References

  1. ^ Lieberherr, Ismael (2015), “A progress report on the historical phonology and affiliation of Puroik”, in North East Indian Linguistics (NEIL)[1], volume 7, page 238 of 235–286