Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ca(ː)ʔ

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: *ca(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA020)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *caʔ (Shorto, 2006, #8)

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (to eat) and Proto-Austronesian *kaən (to eat).

Verb

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*ca(ː)ʔ

  1. to eat

Descendants

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  • Aslian: *caaʔ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Jah Hut: caʔ
    • Jahaic:
      • Cheq Wong: cəʔ
      • Kensiu: ciʔ
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: chaaq
      • Temiar: caak
    • Semelaic:
      • Mah Meri: ca
      • Semaq Beri: ca
      • Semelai: ca
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *caː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: caː
    • Kui: caː
    • Ngeq: caː
    • Pacoh: cha
  • Khasic:
  • Khmeric:
    • Old Khmer: cya ("to eat")
  • Proto-Khmuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: θaː³
  • Monic:
    /*caaʔ/ (Diffloth, 1986)
    • Old Mon: caʔ
      • Modern Mon: (cɛˀ, to eat), စၞ (kənaˀ, food), ဗ္စ (həcɛˀ, to feed)
  • Nicobaric:
  • Palaungic:
  • Pearic:
    /*caː/ (Headley, 1985)
  • Vietic: