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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ɟruuʔ

This Proto-Mon-Khmer 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh.[1](#172)

Cognate with Gata' ciri and Bondo siri-.

Adjective

*ɟruuʔ

  1. deep

Descendants
  • Aslian:
    • Senoic: *ɟəreeʔ
      • Semai: jereeq
      • Temiar: jeruk
    • Semelaic:
      • Semelai: ɟruh
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *ɟruʔ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *ɟruu(ʔ) (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: ntrṳː
    • Kui: nthrṳː
    • Pacoh: chru, tru
  • Khasic: *ɟləəw (Sidwell, 2012)
    • Khasi: jylliew
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *ɟruʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: ɟruʔ
    • Mlabri: ɟruʔ
  • Mangic:
    • Bolyu: ɣau¹³
    • Mang: pjuː³
  • Monic: *ɟrɔh (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Old Mon: rjuḥ
      • Mon: ဇြောဟ် (sòh)
  • Nicobaric: *ciɹaʋ (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Car Nicobarese: a-ṛū
    • Central Nicobaric:
      • Nancowry: chiyàu
  • Proto-Palaungic: *ɟruːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Riang: tjᵊruʔ² ~ cᵊruʔ²
  • Proto-Vietic: *c-ruː/*kʰluː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Old Javanese: jro (“interior; inner part; depth”)

References
  1. Harry Leonard Shorto, Paul Sidwell, Doug Cooper, Christian Bauer (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary, Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISSN, page 599
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