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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/bn₂uum

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: *bn₂uum ~ *bn₂əm (Shorto, 2006, #1369)

Cognates include Santali ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, “termite hill, white ant hill”). Possibly related to Vietnamese nấm (“mound”).

Noun

*bn₂uum

  1. hill

Descendants
  • Proto-Aslian: *bənɨ(ɨ)m (“mountain”) (Phillips, 2012)
    • Jah Hut: benam
    • Jahaic:
    • Semelaic:
      • Semelai: benem
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *bnɨm (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic:
    • Khmu: pnɨm (“termite hill”)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *pənɤm (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Proto-Pearic:
    • Chong: pnɯ̂m(“ant hill”)
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