tɤjpɣom

Japhug

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɤ.jpɣom/

Noun

tɤjpɣom

  1. (Kamnyu) ice

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 85
  2. Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 1054
  3. Jacques, Guillaume (2014) Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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