Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ʔicʔ

This Proto-Austroasiatic 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-Austroasiatic

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *ʔicʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA382)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ʔic ~ *ʔiə[c] ~ *ʔ[ə]c (Shorto, 2006, #794)

Uncertain connection with Proto-Palaungic *ˀjaŋ, Proto-Khmuic *ʔiək.

Noun

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*ʔicʔ

  1. excrement, faeces

Descendants

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  • Aslian:
    • Jahaic:
      • Kensiu: ʔe̝c
      • Jahai: ʔɛc
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: èc
      • Temiar: eijh
    • Semelaic:
      • Semelai: ʔəc
  • Bahnaric: *ʔɨc ~ *ʔəc (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khasian: *ʔəc (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khmeric:
  • Khmuic: *ʔac (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khsing-Mul: ʔac
  • Monic: *ʔic (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Nicobaric: *ʔac (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Central Nicobaric:
  • Pearic: *ʔic (Headley, 1985)
    • Chong: ʔic
    • Pear: ʔec
  • Vietic: *kəc ~ *kɨc (Ferlus, 2007)