Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/p-laːl

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This Proto-Vietic 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-Vietic

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Vietic: *p-laːl (Ferlus, 2007)

Noun

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*p-laːl

  1. male, man
  2. young man

Descendants

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  • Pong:
    • Toum: plaːl
    • Phong: plaːl
  • Tho:
    • Cuoi Cham: plaːl¹
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Northern Old Vietnamese: 來⿰巴 (modern SV reading of components ba lai)
      • Northern Middle Vietnamese: 𤳆 (blai), 𤳇 (blai)
        • Northern Vietnamese
          • Inland dialects: giai
          • Coastal dialects: lai
    • Central Vietnamese: trai
    • Southern Vietnamese: trai

Antonyms

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