Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bnɨm

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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: *b<n>ɨm (Sidwell, 2024, #AA141)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bn₂uum ~ *bn₂əm (Shorto, 2006, #1369)

Cognates include Santali ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, termite hill, white ant hill). Possibly related to Vietnamese nấm (mound).

Noun

*bnɨm

  1. hill
  2. mound

Descendants

  • Proto-Aslian: *bənɨ(ɨ)m (mountain) (Phillips, 2012)
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *bnɨm (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic:
    • Khmu: pnɨm (“termite hill”)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *pənɤm (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Proto-Pearic:
    • Chong: pnɯ̂m(“ant hill”)