Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/gmaːʔ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]
  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *gmaːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA036)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *gmaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #141)

It is unclear if Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmɨː (whence Bahnar ʼmi) is a descendant.

Noun

[edit]

*gmaːʔ

  1. rain

Descendants

[edit]
  • Munda:
    • Mundari: gama
  • Aslian:
    • Semelaic:
      • Mah Meri: gəmaːh
      • Semaq Beri: gǝma
  • Katuic: *maa
    • Western Katuic:
      • Eastern Bru: mia
  • Khmuic: *kmaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: kmaʔ
    • O'du: kmʌj
  • Mangic: (Lợi, 2008)
    • Mang: maː²
  • Pearic: *gmaʔ (Headley, 1985)
    • Chong:
      • Central Chong: kama̤ʔ
      • Kasong: kʰmaː ("rain, rainbow")
    • Pear: kʰmie
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-maː (Ferlus, 2007)
    • Arem: mìə
    • Chut:
      • Rục: kumə̀a²
      • Sách: kumə̀a²
    • Proto-Pong: *kmaː²
      • Liha: maː²
      • Phong: kʰmaː²
      • Toum: maː²
    • Tho:
      • Cuối Chăm: mɐː²
    • Viet-Muong:

References

[edit]
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii