Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/paːkᴰ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Compare Southern Kam bags (“mouth”), Proto-Be *ɓaːkᴰ¹ (“mouth”) (whence ɓak⁷ in modern lects). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Noun

*paːkᴰ (Pittayaporn, 2009)

  1. mouth

Descendants

  • Tai
    • Northern Tai
      • Zhuang: bak
      • Saek: ป̄าก
      • Nong Zhuang: baeg
    • Southwestern Tai
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.