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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/bn₂uum
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bn₂uum ~ *bn₂əm (Shorto, 2006, #1369)
Cognates include Santali ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, “termite hill, white ant hill”). Possibly related to Vietnamese nấm (“mound”).
Noun
*bn₂uum
- hill
Descendants
- Aslian: *bənɨ(ɨ)m (“mountain”) (Phillips, 2012)
- Jah Hut: benam
- Jahaic:
- Chewong: banim
- Semelaic:
- Semelai: benem
- Bahnaric: *bnɨm (Sidwell, 2011)
- Khmeric:
- Old Khmer: vnaṃ
- Khmer: ភ្នំ (phnum)
- Old Khmer: vnaṃ
- Khmuic:
- Khmu: pnɨm (“termite hill”)
- Palaungic: *pnəm (Sidwell, 2010)
- Pearic:
- Chong: pnɯ̂m(“ant hill”)