Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/smaːɲ

This Proto-Austroasiatic 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-Austroasiatic

Etymology

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *smaːɲ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA335)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *smaaɲ (Shorto, 2006, #912)

Verb

*smaːɲ

  1. to ask

Descendants

  • Proto-Aslian: *səmaaɲ (Phillips, 2012)
    • Jahaic:
      • Jehai: smɛɲ
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: semaañ
      • Semnam: smaɲ
      • Temiar: semanj
  • Proto-Khmuic: *maːɲ (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: maːɲ
    • Pray-Pram: *maːɲ
  • Monic:
    • Old Mon: smāñ (Shorto, 1971)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *smaːɲ (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Western:
      • Palaung: hmān
      • Riang: mɑɲ
    • Eastern:
      • Lametic:
        • Lamet: máːɲ
      • Wa-Lawa: *hmaɲ
        • Lawa:
          • Eastern Lawa: hmaiñ
          • Western Lawa: hmaiñ
        • Wa:
          • Parauk: maɲ
          • Wa: main
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