Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/d₂luuŋ

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.

Although the label of Proto-Mon-Khmer has mostly been abandoned or rejected, this reconstruction, which sourced from Shorto (2006)'s reconstruction for Proto-Mon-Khmer, currently does not have an appropriate Proto-Austroasiatic reconstruction. This reconstruction therefore should not be taken at face value as a state-of-the-art reconstruction for Proto-Austroasiatic, but instead ought to be treated as a valid cognate set.

Proto-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (Shorto, 2006, #747)

Perhaps a derivate of Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋ(h) ~ *ləŋ(h) (“to hollow, excavate, bore”). According to Sidwell (2006), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”) may be borrowed from this root.

Noun

*d₂luuŋ

1. boat

Descendants

• Khasic: *lɛɛŋ (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khasi: lieng
• Proto-Bahnaric: *pluŋ (< *d₂pluŋ) (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Central Bahnaric
    • Bahnar: plŭng
  • South Bahnaric
    • Sre: plung
    • Mnong: plung
• Proto-Palaungic: *-lɔːŋ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Palaung-Riang
    • Riang: cənluaŋ
  • Waic
    • Lawa (Umphai): ʔloŋ
• Khmuic
  • Khmu: ຈລອງ (clɔːŋ)
• Monic
  • Old Mon: dluṅ
    • Middle Mon: gluṅ
      • Modern Mon: ဂၠုၚ် (klɜ̀ŋ)
• >? Old Javanese: joṅ
  • > Javanese: ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong) (inherited)
    • → Malay: jong
      • > Indonesian: jung (inherited)

Synonyms

• *ɗuuk ~ *ɗuk
• *kɓaŋ