Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/gmaːʔ
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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: *gmaːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA036)
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *gmaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #141)
It is unclear if Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmɨː (whence Bahnar ʼmi) is a descendant.
Noun
*gmaːʔ
Descendants
- Munda:
- Mundari: gama
- Aslian:
- Semelaic:
- Mah Meri: gəmaːh
- Semaq Beri: gǝma
- Semelaic:
- Katuic: *maa
- Western Katuic:
- Eastern Bru: mia
- Western Katuic:
- Khmuic: *kmaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: kmaʔ
- O'du: kmʌj
- Mangic: (Lợi, 2008)
- Mang: maː²
- Pearic: *gmaʔ (Headley, 1985)
- Chong:
- Central Chong: kama̤ʔ
- Kasong: kʰmaː ("rain, rainbow")
- Pear: kʰmie
- Chong:
- Proto-Vietic: *k-maː (Ferlus, 2007)
References
- Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii