Japhug

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Etymology

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Probably cognate with Tibetan རྨོག (rmog, helmet), Chinese (OC *muːɡs, “hat”), with a frozen indefinite possessor prefix tɤ-; compare Breton tog-touseg (mushroom), literally “frog hat”.[1][2]

Alternatively, it may be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-məw (mushroom); compare Nuosu (hmu), Burmese မှို (hmui).[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tɤjmɤɣ

  1. (Kamnyu) mushroom

Derived terms

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References

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  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 80
  2. ^ Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 126
  3. ^ James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), “PTB *g/s-məw MUSHROOM / FUNGUS”, in The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus