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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/puuŋ

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: *puuŋ (Shorto, 2006, #610)

Noun

*puuŋ

  1. cooked rice, rice mash

Descendants
  • → Old Chinese: 飯 (OC *bonʔ, *bons, “cooked rice”)
  • Middle Chinese: 飯 (MC bjonX|bjonH, “cooked rice”)
    • Mandarin Chinese: 飯／饭 (fàn, “cooked rice, food”)
  • Proto-Bahnaric:
    • Central Bahnaric
      • Bahnar: pūŋ (“mash from which rice-wine is made”)
  • Khasian
    • Khasi: jasapung (“cooked rice”)
  • Monic: *pooŋ (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Old Mon: [script needed] (pūṅ /⁠puːŋ⁠/, “cooked rice”)

See also
  • *paaj (“cooked rice, food”)
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