Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɓakʔ

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: *ɓakʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA176)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *[d]ɓak ~ *[d]ɓaak (Shorto, 2006, #374)

Noun

*ɓakʔ

  1. to carry on back/slung

Descendants

  • Khmeric:
    • Khmer: ពាក់ (pĕək)
  • Nicobaric:
    • Central Nicobarese: pak
  • Proto-Vietic: *ɓak (Ferlus, 2007) (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