Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɓa(ː)ʔ

This Proto-Austroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austroasiatic

Etymology 1

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *ɓa(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA155)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ʔbaaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #112)

Noun

*ɓa(ː)ʔ

  1. father
    Synonym: *kuːɲʔ
Descendants
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *baːʔ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *pa (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Munda:
    • Kharia: ɑbɑ
    • Mundari: aba
  • Proto-Palaungic: *p/baːʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *ɓa(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA156)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɓaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #120)

Noun

*ɓa(ː)ʔ

  1. paddy rice
    Synonym: *srɔ(ː)ʔ
    Antonym: *rŋkoːʔ
Descendants
  • Aslian:
    • Semelai: baba
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *ɓaː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *kbaː (Sidwell, 2024)
  • Khmuic:
    • Mlabri: baːʔ
  • Munda:
    • Kharia: baˀ
    • Mundari: baba
    • Sora: ba
  • Palaungic:
    • Danau: bɑ¹

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii