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Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/diːᴮ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Chinese 地 (MC dijH).[1] Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”), Malay di.

Noun

*diːᴮ

  1. place, ground

Descendants
  • Northern Tai
    • Zhuang: dih
  • Central Tai
    • Nong Zhuang: dih
  • Proto-Southwestern Tai:

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 367
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