diaʔ

Kuy

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɗaak ~ *ɗəək, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk. Cognate with Eastern Bru dỡq, Pacoh daq, Eastern Katu đác. Outside Katuic, compare Bahnar đak, Muong đác and Vietnamese nước.

Noun

diaʔ

1. water

References

• Paul Sidwell, The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. (Lincom Studies in Asian Linguistics, 58.), 2005, page 51