Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/klaːw

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: *klaːw (Sidwell, 2024, #AA345)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *klaaw (Shorto, 2006, #1857)

Not to be confused with other synonymous items in Sidwell (2024) such as *lɔːʔ and *lɔːcʔ, *loːcʔ, which are different etymons.

Noun

*klaːw

  1. penis, male sexual organ

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Senoic
      • Semnam: klaːw ("penis")
  • Bahnaric: *klaːw (“penis, testes”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmuic: *klaːw (“scrotum”) (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Mlabri: klaw
    • Thin: klaːw
  • Palaungic: *klaw (“testicles”) (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Peaic:
    • Pear: kʰlaːw
    • Samre: kʰlaːw
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