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 |
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Other Authors: | University of Iowa |
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