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Table 4 Newari grain crops

From: Proto-Tibeto-Burman Grain Crops

 

Newari

Nepali

‘rice (paddy)’

dhān

‘rice (grain)’

jāke

chāmal

‘rice (cooked)’

bhāt

‘barley’

tachwa

jau

‘buckwheat’

chwaki

phāpar

‘maize’

makai

‘millet (kodo)’

dusi

kodo

‘millet (hog)’

cīnā

cīnā

‘sorghum’ (?)

satiwā

junelo

‘wheat’

chwa

gahun