Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/klaaw

This Proto-Mon-Khmer 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *klaaw (Shorto, 2006, #1857)

Noun

*klaaw

1. male sexual organ

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Senoic
    • Semnam: klaːw ("penis")
• Bahnaric: *klaːw (“penis, testes”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Khmuic: *klaːw (“scrotum”) (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Mlabri: klaw
  • Thin: klaːw
• Palaungic: *klaw (“testicles”) (Sidwell, 2015)
• Peaic:
  • Pear: kʰlaːw
  • Samre: kʰlaːw