Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/rŋkoːʔ

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: *rŋkoːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA066)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *rk[aw]ʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1820)

Noun

*rŋkoːʔ

  1. husked rice
    Antonym: *srɔ(ː)ʔ

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Jah Hut: rukuʷɔʔ
  • Proto-Khasian: *rkʰaːw (rice) (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Khmuic:
    • Khmu: rŋkoʔ
  • Proto-Munda: *ruᴺku(ˀp/ˀk) (Rau, 2019)
    • Kharia: rɔmkuˀb
    • Sora: rʊŋkuː
  • Proto-Palaungic: *rəŋkoːʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: rəkʰəw
  • Proto-Vietic: *r-koːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tai: *C̬.qawꟲ (rice) (Sagart, 2003) (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