Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/(kn)ɓatʔ

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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: *(kn)ɓatʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA185)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kbat ~ ɓat (Shorto, 2006, #1034)

Proto-Be *ɓatᴰ¹ (grass) is an Austroasiatic loan.

Noun

*(kn)ɓatʔ

  1. grass

Descendants

  • Proto-Bahnaric: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: bat
    • Kui: bat
    • Ngeq: bat
  • Monic: *kmbat (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Proto-Vietic: *ɓat (Ferlus, 2007)
    • Proto-Pong: *bat⁷
      • Liha: bat⁷
      • Phong: bat⁷
      • Toum: bat⁷