< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/lwaaʔ
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *lwaaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #241)
Compare Santali ᱞᱚᱟ (lôa, “fig”) and Gata' [liwa].
Noun
*lwaaʔ
- figs
Descendants
- Khmeric:
- Old Khmer: lvā
- Khmer: ល្វា (lviə)
- Old Khmer: lvā
- Khmuic: *lwaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
- Monic:
- Old Mon: lwi
- Mon: ဝိ (wìˀ)
- Old Mon: lwi
- Palaungic: *waʔ (Sidwell, 2010)
- Riang: [waʔ²]