Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/p-laːl

This Proto-Vietic 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-Vietic

Etymology

• Proto-Vietic: *p-laːl (Ferlus, 2007)

Noun

*p-laːl

1. male, man
2. young man

Descendants

• Pong:
  • Toum: plaːl
  • Phong: plaːl
• Tho:
  • Cuoi Cham: plaːl¹
• Viet-Muong:
  • Northern Old Vietnamese: 來⿰巴 (modern SV reading of components ba lai)
    • Northern Middle Vietnamese: 𤳆 (blai), 𤳇 (blai)
      • Northern Vietnamese
        • Inland dialects: giai
        • Coastal dialects: lai
  • Central Vietnamese: trai
  • Southern Vietnamese: trai

Antonyms

• *-keːʔ