Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/lwa(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: *lwa(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA160)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *lwaaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #241)

Noun

*lwa(ː)ʔ

  1. fig
    Synonym: *ɟriːʔ

Descendants

  • Khmeric:
    • Old Khmer: lvā
  • Proto-Khmuic: *lwaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Monic:
    • Old Mon: lwi
      • Mon: ဝိ (wìˀ)
  • Munda:
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ləŋʋaːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Riang: lɑŋ² wɑʔ²
  • Vietic:
    • Chut:
      • Rục: ʔavᵊah
    • Vietnamese: vả

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