< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/tɟooʔ
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *tɟooʔ (Shorto, 2006, #54)
Compare Santali ᱛᱤᱡᱩ (tiju, “worm”) and Khasi tiɟɔʔ.
Noun
*tɟooʔ
- worm
Descendants
- Aslian: *taɟuuʔ ("snake") (Phillips, 2012)
- Jahaic
- Jahai: taɟuʔ
- Senoic
- Semai: tiji
- Semnam: taɟuːʔ
- Temiar: tajuk
- Jahaic
- Monic:
- Old Mon: tiñju (“worm, maggot”)
- Mon: တျု (kəyaoˀ)
- Old Mon: tiñju (“worm, maggot”)