Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/m-ʈaᴬ

This Proto-Kra 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-Kra

Alternative reconstructions

• *mataᴬ (Miyake, 2021)

Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”), Proto-Be *ɗaᴬ¹ (“eye”) (> Lingao da¹), Proto-Austronesian *mata (“eye”).

Noun

*m-ʈaᴬ

1. eye

Descendants

• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): maak⁴² ta²⁴³
  • Laha (Noong Lay): kɛn²⁴ ta⁴², ta³
• Qabiao: te⁵³
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): tê¹
• Buyang
  • Paha: ma⁵⁵ da³²²
  • Buyang (Yalang): tau⁵³
  • Buyang (Ecun): mak³¹ (ma⁰) ta²⁴
  • Buyang (Langjia): ma⁰ ta⁵⁴
  • En (Nung Ven): ta²⁴³
• Lachi
  • Lachi (Jinchang): la⁴⁴ tjou⁵⁵
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): nam⁰ tju⁴³
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Judu): vu⁰ tei³¹
    • Gelao (Niupo): mu³³ tɯ³¹
    • Gelao (Moji): pa³¹ tau³¹
    • Gelao (Wantao): pə⁰ tau³¹
    • Gelao (Yueliangwan): bu³⁵ ti³⁵
    • Gelao (Fengyan): bu³⁵ ti³⁵
  • Hakei
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): ta³¹ to³⁵
    • Gelao (Sanchong): to³⁵
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Wanzi): ləɯ¹³ tau³³
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): ləu²¹ tau³³
  • A'ou (reflexes display spirantization from Proto-Kra *-ʈa)
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): pa⁴² ɕəu⁴², pa⁴³ ɕiu⁴³
    • Gelao (Bigong): zəɯ³³ zəɯ⁵⁵
    • Mulao: li³³ zo³¹
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): la⁵⁵ te⁵⁵

References

• Ostapirat, Weera (2000) “Proto-Kra”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎^[1], volume 23, number 1, pages 1-251.
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.