Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ŋal

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: *ŋal (Sidwell, 2024, #AA107)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɟ[n]ŋəl (Shorto, 2006, #1723)

Noun

*ŋal

  1. fire
    Synonym: *ʔuːɕ

Descendants

  • Munda:
    • Kharia: sɔŋɡɔl
    • Mundari: sɛŋɡɛl
    • Sora: ɑŋəl
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ŋal (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • 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
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