kixay

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ksaj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Eastern Katu c'xêê, Eastern Bru casâi, Bahnar khei, Khmer ខែ (khae), Mlabri kiʔ.

For some other cases where Pacoh (and Katuic in general) has /s/ while other Austroasiatic languages have /h/, see also xay (“full, sated”), pixay (“otter”). Although Shorto (2006) chiefly reconstructed these cognate sets with *h, Katuic is probably conservative, with other branches underwent debuccalization.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kisaj/

Noun

kixay 

  1. moon; month
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