Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/smaːɲ

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: *smaːɲ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA335)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *smaaɲ (Shorto, 2006, #912)

Verb

*smaːɲ

to ask

Descendants

Proto-Aslian: *səmaaɲ (Phillips, 2012)
- Jahaic:
  - Jehai: smɛɲ
- Senoic:
  - Semai: semaañ
  - Semnam: smaɲ
  - Temiar: semanj
Proto-Khmuic: *maːɲ (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: maːɲ
- Pray-Pram: *maːɲ
Monic:
- Old Mon: smāñ (Shorto, 1971)
  - Middle Mon: smān
    - Mon: သၟာန် (hman)
  - Nyah Kur: chəmáaɲ
Proto-Palaungic: *smaːɲ (Sidwell, 2015)
- Western:
  - Palaung: hmān
  - Riang: mɑɲ
- Eastern:
  - Lametic:
    - Lamet: máːɲ
  - Wa-Lawa: *hmaɲ
    - Lawa:
      - Eastern Lawa: hmaiñ
      - Western Lawa: hmaiñ
    - Wa:
      - Parauk: maɲ
      - Wa: main