Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/jaʔ

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: *jaʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA052)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *jaʔ ~ *jaaj (Shorto, 2006, #151)

Compare Proto-Austronesian *aya (Ostapirat, 2005).

Noun

*jaʔ

  1. grandmother

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: ja
      • Temiar: yaak
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *jaʔ (Sidwell, 2011)
    • North:
      • Jeh: jaʔ
    • Central:
      • Alak: jaʔ
      • Bahnar: yă
      • Tampuan: jaʔ
  • Proto-Khmuic: *jaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: jaʔ
    • O'du: ja̰ː
  • Mangic:
    • Bolyu: ja³¹
  • Monic:
    • Mon: ယဲာ
  • Proto-Palaungic: *jaʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Ruching Palaung: yā
    • Riang: jaʔ²
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: ja̤ː
  • Proto-Vietic: *-jaːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)

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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