Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/briːʔ

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 1

• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *briiʔ (Shorto, 2006, #180).

Noun

*briːʔ

1. sky
2. rain

Descendants

• Proto-Katuic: *brii (“rain lightly”) (Sidwell, 2005)
• Khasic: *bri (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Lyngngam: brɛj
• Old Mon: brey (/⁠brɔy⁠/)
  • Middle Mon: bray
    • Modern Mon: ဗြဲ (pròa, “rain”)
  • Nyah Kur: phrə̀j
• Proto-Khmuic: *briʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
• Proto-Vietic: *b-ləːj (“sky”) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *gmaʔ (“rain”)

Etymology 2

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *briːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA014)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *briiʔ (Shorto, 2006, #181)

Compare Santali: ᱵᱤᱨ (bir).

Noun

*briːʔ

1. forest
2. wilderness

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian: *bəriʔ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jah Hut: bəriʔ
  • Jahaic:
    • Cheq Wong: brɛʔ
  • Semelaic:
    • Mah Meri: mbɘri, mɘri
    • Semaq Beri: beri
    • Semelai: bri
• Proto-Bahnaric: *briː (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Bahnar: bri
  • Sedang: príu
• Khasic:
  • Khasi: bri
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ព្រៃ (prɨy)
• Proto-Khmuic: *briʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu:
    • Cuang: briʔ
    • Yuan: prìʔ
• Mangic:
  • Mang: ʑiː⁶
• Proto-Palaungic: *briːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Angkuic:
    • Hu: pʁíʔ
  • Lametic:
    • Nkris: riːʔ
  • Waic:
    • Blang: pʰríʔ
• Proto-Pearic: *briː (Headley, 1985)
  • Kasong: pri̤ː
  • Pear: pri