Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/rwaːjʔ
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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: *rwaːjʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA163)
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *rwaaj (Shorto, 2006)
Noun
*rwaːjʔ
It is unknown whether the sense of “soul”, “spirit” was present at the Proto-Mon-Khmer stage or was a later development. Either way, this root reflects the animistic lifestyle of the early Mon-Khmer-speaking peoples.
Descendants
- Aslian: *rəwaay (“soul, spirit”) (Phillips, 2012)
- Bahnaric:
- Proto-Katuic: *rwaaj (“soul, spirit”) (Sidwell, 2005)
- Khmeric:
- Khmer: រវើ រវាយ (rôveu rôvéay)?
- Proto-Khmuic: *rwaːj (“tiger”) (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: rwaːj
- Mlabri: rwaːj
- Proto-Palaungic: *rəʋaːj (“tiger”) (Sidwell, 2015)
- Palaung:
- Shwe:
- Sam-Loong: ရႎါည်
- Shwe:
- Plang:
- Man Noi: kà.vàj
- Lamet: rəwaːj
- Riang: rᵊwaj²
- Palaung:
- Proto-Pearic: *rəvaːj (Headley, 1985)
- Chong: rəwaj ~ rəwɤ̤ːj
- Proto-Vietic: *r-vaːjʔ (“soul, spirit”) (Ferlus, 2007)