Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/(kn)ɓatʔ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *(kn)ɓatʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA185)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kbat ~ ɓat (Shorto, 2006, #1034)

🇨🇬 is an Austroasiatic loan.

Noun

 * 1) grass

Descendants

 * (Sidwell, 2011)
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Bru: bat
 * Kui: bat
 * Ngeq: bat
 * Monic: *kmbat (Diffloth, 1984)
 * (Sidwell, 2015)
 * (Ferlus, 2007)
 * Proto-Pong: *bat⁷
 * Liha: bat⁷
 * Phong: bat⁷
 * Toum: bat⁷
 * Phong: bat⁷
 * Toum: bat⁷