Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ksuːʔ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *ksuːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA126)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: ksəwʔ ~ *ksəəw[ ] (Shorto, 2006, #1866)

Noun

 * 1) red ant
 * 2) red

Descendants

 * Aslian:
 * Jahaic:
 * Kensiu: kəsɔʔ (as in les kəsɔʔ)
 * Senoic:
 * Semai: gʌsoʊ (as in las gʌsoʊ)
 * (Sidwell, 2005) (?)
 * Kriang: nsɔʔ
 * Monic: *(-)ksaw (Diffloth, 1984)
 * Old Mon:
 * Pearic: *ksuː (Headley, 1985)
 * Chong:
 * Kasong: kʰsuː
 * Pear: kʰsɔː
 * Kasong: kʰsuː
 * Pear: kʰsɔː