Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ruj
Proto-Mon-Khmer edit
Etymology edit
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (Shorto, 2006, #1534)
This word is often found in a compound with the meaning of "birthmark" or "mole" in descendant languages (cf. Khmer ប្រជ្រុយ (prɑcruy), Vietnamese mụt ruồi, nốt ruồi, Khmu ʔiək rɔːj).
Cognate with Santali ᱨᱳ (ro, “fly”).
Noun edit
*ruj
Descendants edit
- Aslian: *ruəy (Phillips, 2012)
- Proto-Bahnaric: *rɔːj (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Katuic: *ʔarɔɔj (Sidwell, 2005)
- Bru: rṳaj
- Kui: ʔarṳaj
- Ngeq: rɔːj
- Ong: rɔɔ̰j
- Pacoh: riroi
- Khmeric
- Khmer: រុយ (ruy)
- Khmuic: *rɔːj (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: rɔːj
- Mlabri: rɔːj
- O'du: ruːj
- Monic: *ruuj (Diffloth, 1984)
- Mon: ရဲု
- Nicobaric: *ɹuːj (Sidwell, 2018)
- Proto-Palaungic: *rɔːj (Sidwell, 2015)
- Danaw: ʰruj⁴
- Lawa:
- of Bo Luang: roi
- of Umpai: rua
- Riang:
- of Lang: ruəj²
- of Sak: ruaj²
- Proto-Pearic: *rɔːj (Headley, 1985)
- Chong:
- of Chantaburi: ɾɔ̤ːˀj
- Kasong: roːj
- Pear: roːˀj
- Chong:
- Proto-Vietic: *m-rɔːj (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)