Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/lʔɔk

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: *lʔɔk ~ *lʔɔɔk (Shorto, 2006, #277)

Adjective

*lʔɔk

cloudy, opaque, turbid

Descendants

Katuic: *ʔuk (“cloudy”) (Sidwell, 2005)
- Pacoh: ouc
Khasic: *lʔɔʔ (Sidwell, 2012)
- Khasi: l'oh, lyoh (“cloud, mist”)
- Lyngngam:
  - of Nangstoin: [lʔoʔ]
Khmeric
- Khmer: ល្អក់ (lʾɑk)