Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bluːʔ

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

• Austroasiatic: *bluːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA008)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bluuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #223)

Cognate with Santali ᱵᱩᱞᱩ (bulu, “thigh”).

Noun

*bluːʔ

1. thigh

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian: *bəlooʔ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jahaic:
    • Kensiu: balɯʔ
  • Senoic:
    • Temiar: belook
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: blu
• Proto-Bahnaric: *bluː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *balaw (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Katu:
    • Eastern Katu: m'lớu
    • Western Katu: ມະລາວ
  • Western Katuic
    • Kuy: lṳː
    • Eastern Bru: nlu
  • Ta'Oi-Pacoh
    • Pacoh: pilau
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ភ្លៅ (phlɨw)
• Proto-Khmuic: *bluʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: bluʔ
• Mangic:
  • Bolyu: lau³³
• Nicobaric: *puloːʔ (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: pulô
• Proto-Palaungic: *bluːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang: pluʔ²
• Proto-Pearic: *bluː (Headley, 1985)
  • Chong: plṳː
• Proto-Vietic: *m-luː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii
• Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN