Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɓuːʔ

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: *ɓuːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA033)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ʔbuuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #114)

*ɓuːʔ

1. to suck at the breast, to suckle

• Aslian:
  • Cheq Wong: buʔ
• Proto-Bahnaric: *-buʔ (Sidwell, 2011)
  • West Bahnaric:
    • Cheng: puʔ
    • Nyaheun: puʔ
  • Central Bahnaric:
    • South Bahnaric:
      • Koho: pou'
      • Stieng: puː
      • Chrau: puː
• Katuic:
• Khasic:
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: បៅ (baw)
• Proto-Khmuic: *buʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: buʔ
• Mangic:
  • Mang: ɓuː¹
• Monic:
  • Old Mon: 'bow
    • Modern Mon: မဴ (mɛ̀a)
• Nicobaric:
• Proto-Palaungic: *ɓuːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Danau: bu¹
  • Palaung:
    • Shwe:
      • Sam-Loong: ဘူ
• Pearic:
• Proto-Vietic: *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Rục: puːʔ
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: pủ
    • Vietnamese: bú

• *ʔuʔ (“to suckle”), a variant of the root