Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/keːᴮ

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

Adjective

*keːᴮ

1. (of living things) old (having existed for a long time).

Descendants

• Northern Tai
  • Saek: เก
  • Zhuang: geq
• Southwestern Thai
  • Thai: แก่ (gɛ̀ɛ)
  • Northern Thai: ᨠᩯ᩵
  • Southern Thai: แก๋
  • Lao: ແກ່ (kǣ)
  • Isan: แก, แก่
  • Lü: ᦶᦂᧈ (k̇ae¹)
  • Tai Dón: ꪵꪀꫀ
  • Shan: ၵႄႇ (kàae)
  • Tai Nüa: ᥐᥥᥱ (kě)
  • Phake: ကေ (ke)
  • Ahom: *𑜀𑜦𑜧 (*kē)