Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/p-laːl

This Proto-Vietic 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-Vietic edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Vietic: *p-laːl (Ferlus, 2007)

Noun edit

*p-laːl

male, man
young man

Descendants edit

Pong:
- Toum: plaːl
- Phong: plaːl
Tho:
- Cuoi Cham: plaːl¹
Viet-Muong:
- Northern Old Vietnamese: 來⿰巴 (modern SV reading of components ba lai)
  - Northern Middle Vietnamese: 𤳆 (blai), 𤳇 (blai)
    - Northern Vietnamese
      - Inland dialects: giai
      - Coastal dialects: lai
- Central Vietnamese: trai
- Southern Vietnamese: trai

Antonyms edit

*-keːʔ