Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kluːŋ

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: *kluːŋ ~ *kluəŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA106)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kluuŋ ~ *[k]luəŋ (Shorto, 2006, #735)

Noun

*kluːŋ

1. inside, middle
2. belly

Descendants

• Aslian: *kəluəŋ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jahaic
    • Jahai: klɛŋ
  • Senoic
    • Semnam: kluoːŋ
    • Temiar: kʌloɟ
  • Semelaic
    • Semelai: kloc
• Proto-Bahnaric: *kluːŋ (“middle, in the middle”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *kaluŋ (“inside”) (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: kloŋ
  • Pacoh: callong, callúng
  • Kriang: kaluŋ
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ក្នុង (knong)
• Proto-Khmuic: *klu(ə)ŋ (“middle, inside”) (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu:
    • Cuang: kluəŋ
  • Phong: kloːŋ
• Munda:
  • Juang: aluŋ ("in, inside")
• Proto-Palaungic: *kluːŋ (“belly, middle”) (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang:
    • Lang: kluŋ¹
    • Sak: kluːŋ¹
• Proto-Vietic: *k-lɔːŋ (“inside”) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)