Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kluːŋ

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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: *kluːŋ ~ *kluəŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA106)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kluuŋ ~ *luəŋ (Shorto, 2006, #735)

Noun

*kluːŋ

  1. inside, middle
  2. belly

Descendants

  • Aslian: *kəluəŋ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Jahaic
      • Jahai: klɛŋ
    • Senoic
      • Semnam: kluoːŋ
      • Temiar: kʌloɟ
    • Semelaic
      • Semelai: kloc
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kluːŋ (middle, in the middle) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kaluŋ (inside) (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *klu(ə)ŋ (middle, inside) (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu:
      • Cuang: kluəŋ
    • Phong: kloːŋ
  • Munda:
    • Juang: aluŋ ("in, inside")
  • Proto-Palaungic: *kluːŋ (belly, middle) (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Riang:
      • Lang: kluŋ¹
      • Sak: kluːŋ¹
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-lɔːŋ (inside) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)