Japhug edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Situ tarpâm (ice), Chinese (OC *pŋrɯŋ, “ice”).[1][2] Possibly cognate to Tangut 𗎈 (*ꞏwọ¹, ice) or 𘒓 (*par¹, to congeal).[3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tɤjpɣom

  1. (Kamnyu) ice

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 85
  2. ^ Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 1054
  3. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2014) Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN