Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/sɤmꟲ

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 Middle Chinese 酸 (MC swan, “sour”). Also compare to Proto-Austronesian *qaRsəm via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm (whence Sasak asem, Malay asam, Maranao asem, and Toba Batak asom).

Noun

*sɤmꟲ

  1. sour

Descendants

  • Northern Tai
    • Zhuang: soemj
  • Southwestern Tai
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