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Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/c-luː

This Proto-Vietic 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-Vietic

Noun

*c-luː

  1. water buffalo

Etymology

Blench (2012) considers this a descendant of Proto-Austroasiatic *k.r.pu.y, with loss of *-/b ~ p/- medial and *-/r/- to *-/l/- sound-change; resulting in *k.l.Vw structure.

Descendants
  • Chut:
    • Rục: [kluː¹]
  • Kha Pong: [səluː¹]
  • Malieng: [səlow¹]
  • Proto-Pong: *kluː¹
    • Liha: [klow¹]
    • Phong: [kluː¹]
    • Toum: [klow¹]
  • Tho:
    • Cuối Chăm: [kʰrɔw¹]
  • Southern Vietic:
    • Kri: [cⁱlᵒʊː]
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: tlu
    • Middle Vietnamese: 𤛠 (tlâu), 㺏 (tlâu), 𤠋 (tlâu)
      • Vietnamese: trâu
        • North Central Vietnamese: tru
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