Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/loːjʔ

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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: *loːjʔ ~ *lɔːjʔ (Sidwell, 2024 #AA135)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *lujʔ ~ *luuj ~ *luəj ~ *ləəj (Shorto, 2006, #1516)

Compare Proto-Tai *loːjᴬ (to swim) and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (flow, stream).

Verb

*loːjʔ

  1. to wade
  2. to swim

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: lɔːj
      • Temiar: nʌilɔi
  • Bahnaric:
    • Central:
      • Tampuan: ləi
  • Khmeric:
    • Khmer: លុយ (luy, to wade, paddle), លយ (lɔɔy, to float)
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: lɛː¹
  • Monic:
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ʔlɔːj (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *loːjʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • 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