< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/luuŋ(h)
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋ(h) (Shorto, 2006, #724)
Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂lu(u)ŋ ~ *d₂l(u)əŋ (“boat”) possibly derives from this root. Also, Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋh (“hole”), as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁luŋ ~ *t₁luuŋ ~ *t₁luəŋ (“throat”), may be related (Sidwell, 2006).
See also Burmese လှိုင်း (hluing:, “uneven surface”) and Mizo lawng (“to take out the heart of a wild plantain tree”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Noun
*luuŋ(h)
- hole
- hollow
Verb
*luuŋ(h)
- to hollow
- to bore, excavate
Descendants
- Nicobaric
- Central Nicobarese: ong-lòng
- Bahnaric: *trluuŋh (Shorto, 2006)
- Central Bahnaric
- Bahnar: tăđung, sălŭng
- South Bahnaric
- Chrau: tălŭng
- Sre: tărlŭng, tonlong
- Central Bahnaric
- Monic
- Mon: ကၠို (klaŋ), ပလိုၚ် (pəlaŋ)
- Khmeric
- Khmer: លុង (lung), រំលោង (rumloong), អន្លង់ (ʾɑnlŭəng)
- Vietic
- Vietnamese: thung lũng, lủng, trũng