Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/(kn)ɓatʔ

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: *(kn)ɓatʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA185)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kbat ~ ɓat (Shorto, 2006, #1034)

Proto-Be *ɓatᴰ¹ (“grass”) is an Austroasiatic loan.

Noun

*(kn)ɓatʔ

1. grass

Descendants

• Proto-Bahnaric: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: bat
  • Kui: bat
  • Ngeq: bat
• Monic: *kmbat (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Old Mon: kambat
    • Mon: ကၟတ် (kəmot)
• Proto-Palaungic: *ɓat (Sidwell, 2015)
• Proto-Vietic: *ɓat (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Proto-Pong: *bat⁷
    • Liha: bat⁷
    • Phong: bat⁷
    • Toum: bat⁷