Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ʔuːɕ

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: *ʔuːɕ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA107)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *[]ʔus ~ *[]ʔuus ~ *[]ʔuəs (Shorto, 2006, #1872)

Noun

*ʔuːɕ

fire
Synonym: *ŋal
firewood

Descendants

Aslian:
- Jahaic:
  - Jahai: ʔuɸ
  - Kensiu: ʔɔs
- Senoic:
  - Semai: os
  - Semnam: ʔoːs
  - Temiar: ʔoːs
- Semelaic
  - Semelai: us
Proto-Bahnaric: *ʔuːs (Sidwell, 2011)
- Central Bahnaric:
  - South Bahnaric:
    - Koho: ồs
- East Bahnaric:
  - Cua: ʔolh
Proto-Katuic: *ʔuus (Sidwell, 2005)
- Katu:
  - Eastern Katu: óih
  - Western Katu: ອູຢຮ
- Western Katuic:
  - Kuy: ʔuːh
  - Eastern Bru: ũih
  - Sô: ʔujh
- Ta'Oihic:
  - Ngeq:
    - Chatong: ʔoojh
    - Kriang: ʔujh
  - Ir: ʔujh
- Pacoh: uih
Khmeric:
- Khmer: អុស (ʼoh)
Proto-Khmuic: *ʔoːs (Sidwell, 2013)
- Phong: Ɂoːs
- T'in: ʔoos
- Mlabri: ʔuulh
Proto-Vietic: *guːs ~ *kuːs (Ferlus, 2007)
- Muong: cúi
- Vietnamese: củi (“firewood”)

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