Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/muəj

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: *muəj ~ *moːjʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA049)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *muuj ~ *muəj (Shorto, 2006, #1495.A, B)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *muuɲ (Shorto, 2006, #1495.C)

Proto-Aslian has alternate nasal onset. Vietic and Mang have stop codas that don't match with the rest. The Khasian lemmas (if indeed a reflex of this root) shows the lost of initial *m-.

Numeral

cardinal number

1	Previous:	n/a
	Next:	*ɓaːr

*muəj

1. one

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian: *[m/n]uay (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jah Hut: nwɛj
  • Jahaic:
    • Cheq Wong: nɑ̃y
    • Kensiu: naj
    • Jahai: nɛj
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: nu, nane
    • Temiar: nei
  • Semelaic:
    • Semaq Beri: muj
    • Semelai: muːj
• Proto-Bahnaric: *muəj (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *muoj (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Katu:
    • Eastern Katu: mui
  • Western Katuic:
    • Eastern Bru: muoi
    • Kui: mṳːj
  • Ta'Oi-Pacoh:
    • Pacoh: môi, mui, moui
• Proto-Khasian: *wiː (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Khasi: wei
  • Pnar: wi
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: មួយ (muəy)
• Proto-Khmuic: *moːj (Sidwell, 2013)
• Pakanic:
  • Mang: mak⁷
  • Bolyu: maːi³¹
• Monic:
  • Old Mon: moy
    • Mon: မွဲ
• Munda:
  • Santali: ᱢᱤᱫ (mit’)
• Proto-Palaungic: *moːh (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Lamet: moːh
• Pearic:
  • Chong:
    • Chantaburi: mo̤ːˀj
    • Kanchanaburi: mṳːˀj
  • Pear: muəj
• Proto-Vietic: *moːc (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *ɗiiʔ ~ *ɗiis ~ *ɗuuʔ ~ *ɗuul

References

• Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
• 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