Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ca(ː)ʔ

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: *ca(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA020)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *caʔ (Shorto, 2006, #8)

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”) and Proto-Austronesian *kaən (“to eat”).

Verb

*ca(ː)ʔ

1. to eat

Descendants

• Aslian: *caaʔ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jah Hut: caʔ
  • Jahaic:
    • Cheq Wong: cəʔ
    • Kensiu: ciʔ
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: chaaq
    • Temiar: caak
  • Semelaic:
    • Mah Meri: ca
    • Semaq Beri: ca
    • Semelai: ca
• Proto-Bahnaric: *caː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: caː
  • Kui: caː
  • Ngeq: caː
  • Pacoh: cha
• Khasic:
• Khmeric:
  • Old Khmer: cya ("to eat")
    • Middle Khmer: sìː ("to eat")
      • Modern Khmer: ស៊ី (sii, “to eat, to consume”), បន្ស៊ី (bɑnsii, “to feed”)

        perhaps also

        ឆាន់ (cʰan, “to eat, to drink, to consume”)

        ឆី (cʰəy, “to eat (poetic)”)

        ចំណុក (cɑmnok, “food, victuals”)

        ចំណី (cɑmnəy, “dessert; feed, fodder”)

      • Northern Khmer: ซี
• Proto-Khmuic: *caː (Sidwell, 2013)
• Mangic:
  • Mang: θaː³
• Monic:

  /*caaʔ/ (Diffloth, 1986)

  • Old Mon: caʔ
    • Modern Mon: စ (cɛˀ, “to eat”), စၞ (kənaˀ, “food”), ဗ္စ (həcɛˀ, “to feed”)
• Nicobaric:
• Palaungic:
• Pearic:

  /*caː/ (Headley, 1985)

• Vietic: