tɤjmɤɣ

Japhug

Etymology

Probably cognate with Tibetan རྨོག (rmog, “helmet”), Chinese 帽 (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 ꂥ (hmu), Burmese မှို (hmui).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɤ.jmɤɣ/

Noun

tɤjmɤɣ

  1. (Kamnyu) mushroom

Derived terms
  • cɤjmɤɣ
  • jmɤtɤsti
  • jmɤɣni
  • kachijmɤɣ
  • kɤrŋijmɤɣ
  • nɤjmɤɣ
  • sijmɤɣ
  • sɯtɕɯnjmɤɣ
  • tɯqejmɤɣ
  • tɤjmɤɣrʑɯɣ
  • tɤqiaβjmɤɣ
  • tɤrmbjajmɤɣ
  • zwɤrqhɤjmɤɣ
  • ʑmbrijmɤɣ
  • βlɤmɤjmɤɣ

References
  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, 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
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