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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ml(əw)
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ml[əw] (Shorto, 2006, #1860)
Mon ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ), from Proto-Monic *[s]a-bluuʔ, is likely a compound of Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ (“leaf”) and this root.
Compare also Thai พลู (pluu, “betel”) and Chamorro pupulu (< Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu-bulu).
Noun
*ml(əw)
- betel
Descendants
- Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
- Central Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
- Alak: baluː
- Bahnar: bơlŏu
- West Bahnaric: *pəluː, *bluː (Sidwell, 2003)
- Sapuan: bruː
- Laven:
- Su': mluː
- Jru': pəluo
- Juk: luə
- South Bahnaric:
- Chrau: mluː
- Central Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
- Katuic: *balua (Sidwell, 2005)
- Kui: bluu
- Ngeq: palua
- Khmeric:
- Old Khmer: mlū, mlūva
- Khmer: ម្លូ (mluu)
- Old Khmer: mlū, mlūva
- Monic: *sa-bluuʔ (Diffloth, 1984)
- Middle Mon: sablu
- Mon: ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ)
- Nyah Kur: tǝphùuʔ
- Middle Mon: sablu
- Palaungic: *bləw (Sidwell, 2010)
- Riang: plu²
- Waic:
- Wa: bo
- Lawa:
- Ban Phae: phluʔ
- Umphia: phloʔ
- Waic:
- Vietic: *b-luː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)