Reconstruction:Proto-Kra-Dai/akuː

This Proto-Kra-Dai 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-Kra-Dai

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

*akuː (Ostapirat, 2018)[1]

I (singular first-person pronoun)

Descendants

Proto-Hlai: *akuᴬ, *ɦuː
Proto-Kra: *kuᴬ
Proto-Tai: *kuːᴬ
- Northern Tai
  - Zhuang: gou
- Central Tai
- Southwestern Tai
  - Thai: กู (guu)
  - Lao: ກູ (kū)
  - Tai Dam: ꪀꪴ
  - Lü: ᦅᦴ (kuu)

References

Ostapirat, Weera. 2018b. "Macrophyletic Trees of East Asian Languages Re examined." In Let's Talk about Trees, ed. by Ritsuko Kikusawa and Lawrence A. Reid. Osaka: Senri Ethnological Studies, Minpaku. DOI: 10.15021/00009006.

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[1] Ostapirat, Weera. 2018b. "Macrophyletic Trees of East Asian Languages Re examined." In Let's Talk about Trees, ed. by Ritsuko Kikusawa and Lawrence A. Reid. Osaka: Senri Ethnological Studies, Minpaku. DOI: 10.15021/00009006.