Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/gəp
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Proto-Mon-Khmer[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *gəp ~ *gap (Shorto, 2006, #1241)
Compare Proto-Tai *kapᴰ (“with; and”), Middle Chinese 及 (MC *ɡˠiɪp̚), whence Cantonese 及 (gap⁶).
Noun[edit]
*gəp[1]
Verb[edit]
*gəp
- to associate
Descendants[edit]
- → Proto-Chamic: *gəp (“group, other”)[2]
- Proto-Aslian: *gop (“guest, stranger”)
- Proto-Bahnaric:
- Proto-Khasian: *kap (“to meet friend, join”) (Sidwell, 2018)
- Khasi: kap (“to meet friends”)
- Khmeric:
- Khmer: គប់ (kup, “to associate, befriend”)
- Proto-Vietic:
References[edit]
- ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 1241. p. 341
- ^ Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 132 & 318