Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/klawꟲ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

The Proto-Tai form *klawꟲ was reconstructed by Pittayaporn (2009).^[1]

It considered that which Li (1977) had thought one single form - *kləuꟲ¹ (“head; knot of hair on the top of the head”)^[2] as two forms: *klawꟲ (“hair knot”) and *krawꟲ (“head”).^[1] But Pittayaporn (2009) seems to vacillate whether to distinguish between the two forms.^[3]

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *qulu (“head”).^[4]

Pan (2000) considered Old Chinese 首 (*qhljǔʔ, “head”) cognate with Kra-Dai words such as Zhuang gyaeuj (a descendant of *klawꟲ) and Tibeto-Burman ones such as Tibetan མགོ (mgo, “head”).^[5]

Noun

*klawꟲ

hair knot.

Descendants

Northern Thai
- Zhuang: gyaeuj (“head”)
Southwestern Thai
- Thai: เกล้า (glâao, “head; to make a hair knot”)^[1]
- Lao: ເກົ້າ (kao)
- Tai Nüa: ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323
^ Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, pages 220, 221, 222, 290
^ Pittayaporn (2009) (ibid.) page 362 says: The reflexes of this etymon in NT dialects point to PT *-r. It is generally thought to be the same etymon as 'hair knot' found only in CT and SWT with *-l-. The Siamese form generally refers to 'hair knot' but means 'head' in the expression /puətᴰᴸ¹ siənᴬ¹ wiənᴬ² klaːwꟲ¹/ 'to have a headache, to be confused'.
^ Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 111, 122, 124
^ 潘悟云 [Pan, Wuyun] (2000) 汉语历史音韵学 [Chinese Historical Phonology] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House (上海教育出版社), page 340

[a-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 323

[2] Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, pages 220, 221, 222, 290

[3] Pittayaporn (2009) (ibid.) page 362 says: The reflexes of this etymon in NT dialects point to PT *-r. It is generally thought to be the same etymon as 'hair knot' found only in CT and SWT with *-l-. The Siamese form generally refers to 'hair knot' but means 'head' in the expression /puətᴰᴸ¹ siənᴬ¹ wiənᴬ² klaːwꟲ¹/ 'to have a headache, to be confused'.

[4] Ostapirat, Weera (2005) "Kra-dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution" In Sagart, Laurent; et al. (eds.) The Peopling of East Asia, London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 111, 122, 124

[5] 潘悟云 [Pan, Wuyun] (2000) 汉语历史音韵学 [Chinese Historical Phonology] (in Chinese), Shanghai: Shanghai Educational Publishing House (上海教育出版社), page 340

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