An old Tibetan variant for the word "fox"

In his comparative study, Sino-Tibetan: a Conspectus, P. K. Benedict reconstructs for Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB) a form *gwa "fox" (1972:34). In Written Tibetan (WT) this proto-form yields the word wa "fox." Benedict observes that in medial position his PTB *-wa- regularly gives T...

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Main Author: Coblin, W. South
Other Authors: University of Iowa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179311
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English