Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/caʔ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/caʔ

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *caʔ (Shorto, 2006, #8)

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”).

Verb

*caʔ

1. to eat

Descendants

• Aslian: *caaʔ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: ca
    • Temiar: caak
• Bahnaric: *caː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Katuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: [caː]
  • Kui: [caː]
  • Ngeq: [caː]
  • Pacoh: cha
• Khasic:
• Khmeric:
  • Old Khmer: cya ("to eat")
    • Middle Khmer: sìː ("to eat")
      • Modern Khmer: ស៊ី (sii, “to eat, to consume”), បន្ស៉ី (bɑnsii, “to feed”)

        perhaps also

        ឆាន់ (cʰan, “to eat, to drink, to consume”)

        ឆី (cʰəy, “to eat (poetic)”)

        ចំណុក (cɑmnok, “food, victuals”)

        ចំណី (cɑmnəy, “dessert; feed, fodder”)

      • Northern Khmer: ซี
• Khmuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2013)
• Mangic:
  • Mang: [θaː³]
• Monic:

  /*caaʔ/ (Diffloth, 1986)

  • Old Mon: caʔ
    • Modern Mon: စ (cɛˀ, “to eat”), စၞ (kənaˀ, “food”), ဗ္စ (həcɛˀ, “to feed”)
• Nicobaric:
• Palaungic:
• Pearic:

  /*caː/ (Headley, 1985)

• Vietic: