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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/kluuŋ

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: *kluuŋ ~ *[k]luəŋ (Shorto, 2006, #735)

Compare Juang aluŋ ("in, inside").

Noun

*kluuŋ

  1. inside, middle

Descendants
  • Aslian: *kəluəŋ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Jahaic
      • Jahai: klɛŋ
    • Senoic
      • Semnam: kluoːŋ
      • Temiar: kʌloɟ
    • Semelaic
      • Semelai: kloc
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kluːŋ (“middle, in the middle”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kaluŋ (“inside”) (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: kloŋ
    • Pacoh: callong, callúng
    • Kriang: kaluŋ
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *klu(ə)ŋ (“middle, inside”) (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu:
      • Cuang: kluəŋ
    • Phong: kloːŋ
  • Proto-Palaungic: *kluːŋ (“belly, middle”) (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Riang:
      • Lang: kluŋ¹
      • Sak: kluːŋ¹
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-lɔːŋ (“inside”) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
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