Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɲaːˀ

This Proto-Austroasiatic 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-Austroasiatic

Etymology

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *ɲaːˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA110)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *[j]aa[ʔ] (Shorto, 2006, #152)

Noun

*ɲaːˀ

1. house

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Senoic:
    • Temiar: hijãʔ
• Bahnaric: *hɲɨː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Mangic:
  • Mang: ɲua⁶ (Lợi, 2008)
• Monic:
  • Old Mon: sŋiʔ (Shorto, 2006)
• Munda:
  • Juang: ɲa
• Nicobarese
  • Central
    • Nancowry: ɲi
• Palaungic: *ɲaːʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
• Vietic: *ɲaː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii