Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/C̬.qawꟲ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Borrowed from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *rk[aw]ʔ (“husked rice”)

Noun

*C̬.qawꟲ

rice

Descendants

Northern Tai
- Zhuang: haeux
- Saek: เกฺา
Southwestern Tai
- Thai: ข้าว (kâao), (obsolete) เข้า (kâo), เฃ้า (kâo)
- Northern Thai: ᨡᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ
- Isan: เข่า, เข้า
- Southern Thai: ค้าว
- Lao: ເຂົ້າ (khao)
- Lü: ᦃᧁᧉ (ẋaw²)
- Tai Dam: ꪹꪄ꫁ꪱ
- Shan: ၶဝ်ႈ (khāo)
- Tai Nüa: ᥑᥝᥲ (xàw)
- Phake: ၵွ် (khaw)
- Ahom: 𑜁𑜧 (khaw), 𑜁𑜨𑜧 (khow), 𑜁𑜧𑜈𑜫 (khaww)