Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/meʔ
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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: *meʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA061)
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *meeʔ ~ *ʔmeeʔ (Shorto, 2006, #131)
Noun
*meʔ
Descendants
- Aslian:
- Senoic:
- Temiar: mɛːʔ
- Senoic:
- Proto-Bahnaric: *meː₁ʔ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Katuic: *ʔameeʔ (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
- Khmeric:
- Khmer: ម៉ែ (mae)
- Khmuic:
- Mal: mee
- O'du: mɛː
- Proto-Palaungic: *meʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
- Pearic:
- Chong: me̤ː
- Proto-Vietic: *mɛːʔ ~ *meːʔ (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