Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kmoan

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: *k<m>oan (Sidwell, 2024, #AA007)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kmun ~ *kmuun ~ *kmuən (Shorto, 2006, #1187)

Compare Korku [komon] ("nephew, niece")

Noun

*kmoan

1. niece, nephew

Descendants

• Aslian: *kəmuən (Phillips, 2012)
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: kmɔn
  • Senoic
    • Temiar: kuman
• Proto-Bahnaric: *kmɔːn (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *kmɔɔn, *ʔamɔɔn (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: kamɑːn
  • Kui: kmɑːn
  • Ngeq/Kriang: mɑːn
  • Pacoh: amon
• Khmuic: *kmun (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: kəmɔ́ːn
  • Mlabri: kumɔɔm
• Monic: *k( )muun (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Old Mon: kmun