Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/meʔ

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: *meʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA061)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *meeʔ ~ *ʔmeeʔ (Shorto, 2006, #131)

Noun

*meʔ

  1. mother
    Synonym: *maʔ

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Senoic:
      • Temiar: mɛːʔ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *meː₁ʔ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *ʔameeʔ (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Khmuic:
    • Mal: mee
    • O'du: mɛː
  • Proto-Palaungic: *meʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: me̤ː
  • Proto-Vietic: *mɛːʔ ~ *meːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

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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