Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɲuʔ

This Proto-Austroasiatic 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-Austroasiatic

Etymology

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *ɲuʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA218)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɲuuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #63)

Compare Santali ᱧᱩ (ñu, “to drink”).

Verb

*ɲuʔ

1. to suck up, to drink

Descendants

• Aslian: *ɲooʔ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: nyòq
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: ɲuʔ
• Bahnaric:
  • South Bahnaric:
    • Koho: nyu
    • Mnong: ñưl
• Nicobarese:
  • Chaura–Teressa:
    • Chaura: u-nyūḵ
    • Teressa: nyūḵ
• Palaungic: *ɲuʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Lawa: ɲuʔ
• Proto-Vietic: *ɲuːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)