allofam

English

Etymology

allo- +‎ fam (“abbreviation of family”)

Noun

allofam (plural allofams)

Examples
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-na would be the allofam from *r/g-na which gave rise to རྣ་བ (rna ba, “ear”).

1. (usually in Sino-Tibetan linguistics) a linguistic form (attested or reconstructed word) which belongs to a particular word family.

Derived terms

• allofamy
• allofamic
• allofamically

See also

• allocomp