Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/matʔ

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: *matʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA024)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *mat (Shorto, 2006, #1045)

Compare Proto-Austronesian *maCa, Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ.

Noun

*matʔ

eye

Descendants

Aslian: *mat (Phillips, 2012)
- Jah Hut: mat
- Jahaic:
  - Cheq Wong: mɛ̃t
  - Jahai: mit
  - Kensiu: mɛt
- Senoic:
  - Semai: mat
  - Temiar: mad
- Semelaic:
  - Semaq Beri: mad
  - Semelai: mɔt
Proto-Bahnaric: *mat (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Katuic: *mat (Sidwell, 2005)
- Kui: ma̤t
- Eastern Katu: mắt
- Eastern Bru: moat
- Pacoh: mát
Proto-Khasian: *mat (Sidwell, 2012)
- Khasi: khmat, 'mat
- Lyngngam: kʰmat
- Pnar: kʰmat
- War: mat
Khmeric:
- Khmer: មាត់ (mŏət)
Proto-Khmuic: *mat (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: mat
- Khsing-Mul: mat
Mangic:
- Bolyu: mat⁵³
- Mang: mat⁷
Monic: *mat (Diffloth, 1984)
- Old Mon: mat
  - Mon: မတ်
Proto-Munda: *maˀt (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
- North Munda:
  - Santali: ᱢᱮᱫ (met’)
Nicobaric: *mat (Sidwell, 2018)
- Car Nicobarese: mat
- Central Nicobaric:
  - Central Nicobarese: mat
Proto-Pearic: *m(a)t (Headley, 1985)
- Chong: ma̤t ~ mə̤t
Proto-Vietic: *mat (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