Molar

Many TB words meaning MOLAR are compounds: Lepcha fo-góm and Bokar jiː-kam are compounds of TOOTH + JAW. (See #630 PTB *gam JAW / CHIN / MOLAR.) Lahu cì-g̈àʔ-ma ‘molar’ is a compound of #635 PTB *m-dzyway TOOTH / TUSK and #5669 PTB *rak WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE. Lushai (Mizo) ha-pui ‘molar’ is a compound of #632 PTB *s/p-wa TOOTH and #1622 PTB *pwi(y)-n FEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR.