Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/t₁luəjʔ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/t₁luəjʔ

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: *t₁luujʔ[] ~ *t₁luəjʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1523)

Compare Proto-Tai *kluəjᶜ (“banana”), whence Thai กล้วย (glûai), Lao ກ້ວຍ (kuāi), Zhuang gyoij.

Noun

*t₁luəjʔ[1]

1. banana

Descendants

• Aslian: *tlɛɛj (Shorto, 2006)
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: telèy
    • Semnam: tluːj
    • Temiar: telui
• Khmuic: *tlɔːj (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: təlɔ́ːy
  • Mal: khluaj
• Mangic:
  • Pakanic:
    • Bolyu: tɕuːi⁵⁵
• Nicobaric:
  • Southern Nicobarese: təluːi
• Palaungic: *klɔɔj (Sidwel, 2010)
  • Palaung: kluəy
• Vietic: *cɔːjʔ ~ *caːjʔ (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Cuoi:
    • Hung: caːj
    • Thổ: caːj³
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: chuổi
    • Middle Vietnamese: chuối; chuếi
      • Vietnamese: chuối

References

1. Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 1241. p. 341