Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/C̬.qawꟲ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Borrowed from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *rk[aw]ʔ (“husked rice”).

Noun

*C̬.qawꟲ

1. rice

Descendants

• Northern Tai
  • Zhuang: haeux
  • Saek: เกฺา
• Central Tai
  • Nùng: khàu
  • Tày: khẩu
• Southwestern Tai
  • Thai: ข้าว (kâao), (obsolete) เข้า (kâo), เฃ้า (kâo)
  • Northern Thai: ᨡᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ
  • Isan: เข่า, เข้า
  • Southern Thai: ค้าว
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າ (khao)
  • Lü: ᦃᧁᧉ (ẋaw²)
  • Tai Dam: ꪹꪄ꫁ꪱ
  • Shan: ၶဝ်ႈ (khāo)
  • Tai Nüa: ᥑᥝᥲ (xàw)
  • Phake: ၵွ် (khaw)
  • Ahom: 𑜁𑜧 (khaw), 𑜁𑜨𑜧 (khow), 𑜁𑜧𑜈𑜫 (khaww)