Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ml(əw)

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed terms 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: *ml[əw] (Shorto, 2006, #1860)

Mon ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ), from Proto-Monic *[s]a-bluuʔ, is likely a compound of Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ (“leaf”) and this root.

Compare also Thai พลู (pluu, “betel”) and Chamorro pupulu (< Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bu-bulu).

Noun

*ml(əw)

1. betel

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian:
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: beleg ("betel nut")
      • Lanai-Serau: bɨlʉʉk
      • Renglas: bɨlook
• Proto-Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Central Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
    • Alak: baluː
    • Bahnar: bơlŏu
  • West Bahnaric: *pəluː, *bluː (Sidwell, 2003)
    • Sapuan: bruː
    • Laven:
      • Su': mluː
      • Jru': pəluo
      • Juk: luə
  • South Bahnaric:
    • Chrau: mluː
• Proto-Katuic: *balua (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Kui: bluu
  • Ngeq: palua
• Khmeric:
  • Old Khmer: mlū, mlūva
    • Khmer: ម្លូ (mluu)
• Monic: *sa-bluuʔ (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Middle Mon: sablu
    • Mon: ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ)
  • Nyah Kur: tǝphùuʔ
• Palaungic:
  • Riang: plu²
  • Waic:
    • Wa: bo
    • Lawa:
      • Ban Phae: phluʔ
      • Umphia: phloʔ
• Proto-Vietic: *b-luː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)