Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/luŋ

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: *luŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA443)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋ(h) (Shorto, 2006, #724)

Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂lu(u)ŋ ~ *d₂l(u)əŋ (“boat”) possibly derives from this root. Also, Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋh (“hole”), as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁luŋ ~ *t₁luuŋ ~ *t₁luəŋ (“throat”), may be related (Sidwell, 2006).

See also Burmese လှိုင်း (hluing:, “uneven surface”) and Mizo lawng (“to take out the heart of a wild plantain tree”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Noun

*luŋ

1. hole
2. hollow

Verb

*luŋ

1. to hollow
2. to bore, excavate

Descendants

• Nicobaric
  • Central Nicobarese: ong-lòng
• Proto-Bahnaric: *trluuŋh (Shorto, 2006)
  • Central Bahnaric
    • Bahnar: tăđung, sălŭng
  • South Bahnaric
    • Chrau: tălŭng
    • Sre: tărlŭng, tonlong
• Monic
  • Mon: ကၠို (klaŋ), ပလိုၚ် (pəlaŋ)
• Khmeric
  • Khmer: លុង (lung), រំលោង (rumloong), អន្លង់ (ʼɑnlŭəng)
• Vietic
  • Vietnamese: thung lũng, lủng, trũng