Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɲaːʔ

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: *ɲaːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA110)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *[j]aa[ʔ] (Shorto, 2006, #152)

Noun

*ɲaːʔ

  1. house

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Senoic:
      • Temiar: hijãʔ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *hɲɨː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: ɲua⁶ (Lợi, 2008)
  • Monic:
    • Old Mon: sŋiʔ (Shorto, 2006)
  • Munda:
    • Juang: ɲa
  • Nicobarese
    • Central
      • Nancowry: ɲi
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ɲaːʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *ɲaː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • 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