Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/Cnɗuːm

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: *C<n>ɗuːm (Sidwell, 2024, #AA150)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɗum ~ *ɗuum (Shorto, 2006, #1362)

If not just a coincidence, Kiranti has seemingly borrowed this word, cf. Proto-Kiranti *dum ("to ripen") (Jaques, 2017), whence Yakkha तुम्‍मा (tumma, “to ripen”), Yamphu मेडुम्‍बाआ (meḍumbāā, “ripe”), Khaling धम्‍पा़ (dham‍pä, “ripe”) (through affixed forms).

Adjective

*Cnɗuːm

1. ripe
2. ripe-colored

Descendants

• Aslian: *ʔəndɯɯm (Phillips, 2012)
  • Semelaic:
    • Mah Meri: ndum
• Proto-Bahnaric: *ɗu(ː)m (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *ɗoom (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Katu: ɗɑm
  • Ngeq: doːm
  • Pacoh: doum
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ទុំ (tum)
• Proto-Khmuic: *hnduːm (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: hnduːm
• Proto-Palaungic: *kɗuːm (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Lamet: ntum