Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/beːᴬ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Cognate with Old Khmer bē (“banana-leaf platter on which offerings are presented”). Compare Middle Chinese 排 (MC beaj), Proto-Hlai *ɓəj (“bamboo raft”).

Noun

*beːᴬ

1. raft

Descendants

• Southwestern Tai
  • Thai: แพ (pɛɛ)
    • → Khmer: ផែ (phae)
  • Northern Thai: ᨻᩯ
  • Khün: ᨻᩯ
  • Lao: ແພ (phǣ)
  • Lü: ᦶᦗ (pae)
  • Tai Nüa: ᥙᥥᥰ (pë)
  • Shan: ပႄး (páae)
  • Phake: ပေ (pe)
  • Ahom: 𑜆𑜦𑜧 (pē)