Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bka(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

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *bka(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA464)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *pkaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1819.B)

Shorto (2006, #1819.A) also reconstructs *pkaaw.

Noun

*bka(ː)ʔ

  1. flower
    Synonym: *poh

Descendants

  • Khmeric:
    • Khmer: ផ្កា (phkaa)
  • Proto-Khmuic: *pkaʔ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
  • Munda:
    • Mundari: baha
    • Sora: tarba

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
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