Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kla(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

Etymology

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *kla(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA158)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *klaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #197)

Noun

Panthera tigris corbetti, the Indochinese tiger.

*kla(ː)ʔ

1. tiger

Descendants

• → Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k-la (“tiger”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Aslian: *klaaʔ (Diffloth, 1976)
  • Chewong: kleʔ
  • Jah Hut: klaʔ
• Proto-Bahnaric: *klaː₁ (Sidwell, 2011)
• Proto-Katuic: *kalaa (Sidwell, 2005)
• Khasic: *kʰla (Sidwell, 2012)
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ខ្លា (klaa, “tiger”)

    → Thai: ขลา (klǎa, “tiger”)

• Monic: *klaaʔ (Diffloth, 1986)
  • Old Mon: klaʔ
    • Modern Mon: ကၠ (klaˀ, “tiger”)
• Proto-Vietic: *kʰaːlʔ < *k-haːlʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (metathesis)

  → Khmer: ខាល (khaal, “year of the tiger”)

  → Thai: ขาล (khan, “year of the tiger”)
  Lao: ຂານ (khān, “year of the tiger, tiger”)

  • Vietnamese: khái (“tiger”)
  • Muong: khảl (“tiger”)