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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ɲuuʔ

This Proto-Mon-Khmer 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɲuuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #63)

Compare Santali ᱧᱩ (ñu, “to drink”).

Verb

*ɲuuʔ

  1. to suck up, to drink

Descendants
  • Aslian: *ɲooʔ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: nyòq
    • Semelaic:
      • Semelai: ɲuʔ
  • Bahnaric:
    • South Bahnaric:
      • Koho: nyu
      • Mnong: ñưl
  • Nicobarese:
    • Chaura–Teressa:
      • Chaura: u-nyūḵ
      • Teressa: nyūḵ
  • Palaungic: *ɲuʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Lawa: ɲuʔ
  • Proto-Vietic: *ɲuːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
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