Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/gmaːʔ

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: *gmaːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA036)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *gmaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #141)

It is unclear if Proto-Bahnaric *ʔmɨː (whence Bahnar ʼmi) is a descendant.

Noun

*gmaːʔ

  1. rain

Descendants

  • Munda:
    • Mundari: gama
  • Aslian:
    • Semelaic:
      • Mah Meri: gəmaːh
      • Semaq Beri: gǝma
  • Proto-Katuic: *maa
    • Western Katuic:
      • Eastern Bru: mia
  • Proto-Khmuic: *kmaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: kmaʔ
    • O'du: kmʌj
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: maː² (Lợi, 2008)
  • Proto-Pearic: *gmaʔ (Headley, 1985)
    • Chong:
      • Central Chong: kama̤ʔ
      • Kasong: kʰmaː ("rain, rainbow")
    • Pear: kʰmie
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-maː (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
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