Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/ʰmaːᴬ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Proto-Kra *(C-)maᴬ, Proto-Kam-Sui *hma¹ (> Sui hmal), Proto-Be *maːᴬ¹ (> ma¹ in most modern lects), Proto-Hlai *hmaː (> maː¹, paː¹, paː⁴, pʰaː⁴ across the different lects).

Noun edit

*ʰmaːᴬ (Pittayaporn, 2009)

dog

Descendants edit

Tai
- Northern Tai
  - Saek: หม่า
  - Zhuang: ma
- Central Tai
  - Tày: ma
- Southwestern Tai
  - Ahom: 𑜉𑜡 (mā)
  - Aiton: မႃ (mā)
  - Lao: ໝາ (mā)
  - Lü: ᦖᦱ (ṁaa)
  - Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ (maa)
  - Shan: မႃ (mǎa)
  - Tai Dam: ꪢꪱ
  - Tai Nüa: ᥛᥣᥴ (máa)
  - Thai: หมา (mǎa)

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Proto-Kra *x-maᴬ, Proto-Kam-Sui *k-hma¹, Proto-Hlai *hmaː.

Verb edit

*ʰmaːᴬ (Pittayaporn, 2009)

to come

Descendants edit

Tai
- Northern Tai
  - Zhuang: ma, maz
- Central Tai
- Southwestern Tai
  - Thai: มา (maa)
  - Northern Thai: ᨾᩣ (ma)
  - Lao: ມາ (mā)
  - Tai Nüa: ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa)
  - Lü: ᦙᦱ (maa)
  - Shan: မႃး (máa)
  - Aiton: မႃ (mā)
  - Ahom: 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā), 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa)