ཆ་ཝ

Kurtöp

Etymology

Cognate to Burmese စပ် (cap, “hot, spicy”) and Tangut 𘟌 (*tsar¹, “pepper”); their common ancestor would be Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rtsap (“Sichuan pepper”). The Kurtöp word is the only surviving reflex of this term in any of the Bodish languages.

Also related to Chali ཆཽ (chau).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [c͡ɕʰɐ́.wɐ]

Noun

ཆ་ཝ (chawa)

Sichuan pepper

References

G. Hyslop; K. Tshering; K. Lhendrup; P. Chhophyel (2016), Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 350