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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/cim

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (Shorto, 2006, #1324)

Compare Santali ᱥᱤᱢ (sim, “chicken”).

Noun

*cim

  1. bird

Descendants
  • Aslian: *cɛɛm (Phillips, 2012)
    • Senoic:
    • Semelaic:
      • Semelai: [cim]
  • Bahnaric: *ceː₂m (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Katuic: *ceem (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: [cɛːm]
    • Katu: [ʔacim]
    • Kui: [cɛːm]
  • Khasic: *sim (Sidwell, 2012)
    • Khasi: sim
    • Lyngngam: [ʔəsim ~ ʔəcim]
    • Pnar: [sim]
  • Khmuic: *ciːm (Sidwell, 2013)
    • Khmu: [siːm]
    • Khsing-Mul: [ceːm]
    • O'du: [ca̰m]
    • T'in: [seːm]
  • Mangic:
    • Mang: [θɤm⁶]
  • Monic: *kɲciəm (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Mon: ဂစေံ
  • Palaungic: *ciim (Sidwell, 2010)
    • Lamet: [siːm]
    • Palaung: shīm, s̔īm
    • Riang: [sim¹]
    • Wa: sim
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: [cʰiːˀm]
    • Pear: [cʰem]
  • Vietic: *-ciːm (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
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