Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/p.qaːᴬ

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

Compare Sui bal and ggal (“leg”) and Proto-Kra *C-kaᴬ. Compare also Old Chinese 骹 (OC *kʰraːw, “leg”), Min languages 跤 (“leg, foot”), Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”).

Noun

*p.qaːᴬ

leg

Descendants

Proto-Southwestern Tai: *qaːᴬ
- Thai: ขา (kǎa)
- Northern Thai: ᨡᩣ
- Lao: ຂາ (khā)
- Lü: ᦃᦱ (ẋaa)
- Shan: ၶႃ (khǎa)
- Tai Nüa: ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa)
- Ahom: 𑜁𑜡 (khā)
Northern Tai
- Bouyei: gal
- Zhuang: ga

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