< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ɲuuʔ
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɲuuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #63)
Compare Santali ᱧᱩ (ñu, “to drink”).
Verb
*ɲuuʔ
- to suck up, to drink
Descendants
- Aslian: *ɲooʔ (Phillips, 2012)
- Semelaic:
- Semelai: [ɲuʔ]
- Semelaic:
- Bahnaric:
- South Bahnaric:
- Koho: nyu
- Mnong: ñưl
- South Bahnaric:
- Palaungic: *ɲuʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
- Lawa: [ɲuʔ]
- Vietic: *ɲuːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)