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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ʔbuuʔ

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.

Proto-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ʔbuuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #114)

Verb

*ʔbuuʔ

  1. to suck at the breast, to suckle

Descendants
  • Aslian:
    • Cheq Wong: buʔ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *-buʔ (Sidwell, 2011)
    • West Bahnaric:
      • Cheng: puʔ
      • Nyaheun: puʔ
    • Central Bahnaric:
      • South Bahnaric:
        • Koho: pou'
        • Stieng: puː
        • Chrau: puː
  • Katuic:
  • Khasic:
  • Khmeric:
    • Khmer: បៅ (baw)
  • Proto-Khmuic: *buʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: buʔ
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: ɓuː¹
  • Monic:
    • Old Mon: 'bow
  • Nicobaric:
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ɓuːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Danau: bu¹
    • Palaung:
  • Pearic:
  • Proto-Vietic: *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)
    • Rục: puːʔ
    • Viet-Muong:
      • Muong: pủ
      • Vietnamese: bú

See also
  • *ʔuʔ (“to suckle”), a variant of the root
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