Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/diːᴮ
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This Proto-Tai 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-Tai
Etymology
Possibly from Middle Chinese 地 (MC dijH). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”), Malay di.
Noun
*diːᴮ
Descendants
References
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation), Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 367