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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/klaʔ

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *klaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #197)

It's unclear how Khmer ខាល (khaal) and the Proto-Vietic word relate to this root. They may represent the relics of a pre-metathesis proto-form *khaal, or may result from apocope of *kalaa (cf. Proto-Katuic).

Noun
Panthera tigris corbetti, the Indochinese tiger.

*klaʔ

  1. tiger

Descendants
  • → Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k-la (“tiger”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bahnaric: *klaː₁ (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Katuic: *kalaa (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Khasic: *kʰla (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khmeric:
    • Khmer: ខ្លា (klaa, “tiger”), ខាល (kʰaal, “year of the tiger”) (?)

      →   Thai:  ขลา (khla, “tiger”)

  • Monic: *klaaʔ (Diffloth, 1986)
    • Old Mon: klaʔ
      • Modern Mon: ကၠ (klaˀ, “tiger”)
  • Vietic: *kʰaːlʔ < *k-haːlʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (?)

    →   Thai:  ขาล (khan, “year of the tiger”)
          Lao:  ຂານ (khan, “year of the tiger, tiger”)

    • Vietnamese: khái (“tiger”)
    • Muong: khảl (“tiger”)
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