Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kwaŋ

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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

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA359)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuəŋ ~ *kwaaŋ (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Similarity to Chinese (OC *C.qˤoŋ) is probably coincidental.

Adjective

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*kwaŋ

  1. male (animal)

Noun

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*kwaŋ

  1. male (animal)

Descendants

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  • Aslian: *kɔɔɲ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Senoic:
      • Semnam: ʔŋkoːɲ
      • Temiar: akoj (uncle)
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kwəŋ (male (animal)), *koːɲ (male relative) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kooɲ (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Khasian: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Nicobarese: *koːɲ (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Car Nicobarese: kōiny (male of animals)
    • Central Nicobaric:
      • Nancowry: kòin (husband, male)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *kuːɲ (father) (Sidwell, 2015) (?)
    • Lamet: ʔuːɲ
    • P'uman: konˉ
  • Pearic:
    • Kasong: kʰuːɲ ("father") (?)
    • Saoch:
      • of Kanchanaburi: ʔuːɲ ("father") (?)
  • Proto-Vietic: *p-kuːɲʔ (Sidwell, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

See also

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  • *kan (female, woman)