Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/pɕuːm

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: *pɕuːm (Sidwell, 2024, #AA101)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *phoom (Shorto, 2006, #1433)

Many descendants of this etymon underwent debuccalization of the medial consonant (*-ɕ- > *-h-). Compare Proto-Austroasiatic *bɕeʔ (“otter”) for a similar case of phonological change.

Verb

*pɕuːm

  1. to fart

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Jah Hut: puʔhum
    • Semai: pehom
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *phoːm (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *ksɛm (Sidwell, 2018) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Khmuic:
    • Khmu: púːm
  • Proto-Palaungic: *sɤm (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: pʰuˀm
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-səmʔ (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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