Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/punʔ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/punʔ

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: *punʔ ~ *puən() ~ *pan() (Shorto, 2006, #1166)

Cognate with Santali ᱯᱳᱱ (pon).

Numeral

cardinal number

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*punʔ

1. four

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: [hmpon]
• Bahnaric: *puən (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Katuic: *puan (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: [poːn]
  • Pacoh: poan
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: បួន (buən)
• Khmuic: *puən (Sidwell, 2013)
  • O'du: [pɑn]
  • Phong: [poːn]
  • T'in: [phoːn]
• Mangic:
  • Bolyu: [puːn⁵³]
  • Mang: [puːn²]
• Monic:
  • Old Mon: pan
    • Mon: ပန်
• Nicobaric: *foan (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Car: fën
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: fōan
• Palaungic: *poon (Sidwell, 2010)
  • Lamet: [poːn]
  • Palaung: p̔ōn
  • Riang: [kᵊpon¹ ~ kᵊpun¹]
  • Wa: pon
• Pearic:
  • Chong: [pʰoːˀn]
• Vietic: *poːnʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)