Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/teŋꟲ

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

Etymology

May be a Tai loanword.

Noun

*teŋꟲ

1. nose

Descendants

• Qabiao: qa³³ taŋ³³
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): qatAng³
• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): qa⁰ tiŋ²¹³
  • Buyang (Yalang): khe⁰ teŋ³³
  • Buyang (Ecun): ʔa⁰ tiŋ³³
  • Paha: ða²⁴ ðaŋ⁴⁵ phi³²² (possible reflex?)

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.