Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kwaŋ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA359)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuəŋ ~ *kwaaŋ (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Similarity to  is probably coincidental.

Adjective

 * 1) male (animal)

Noun

 * 1) male (animal)

Descendants

 * Aslian: *kɔɔɲ (Phillips, 2012)
 * Senoic:
 * Semnam: ʔŋkoːɲ
 * (Sidwell, 2011)
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Ngeq/Kriang: koːɲ
 * Khasian: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2018)
 * Nicobarese: *koːɲ	 (Sidwell, 2018)
 * Central Nicobaric:
 * Nancowry:
 * (Sidwell, 2015) (?)
 * Lamet: ʔuːɲ
 * P'uman: konˉ
 * Pearic:
 * Kasong: kʰuːɲ ("father") (?)
 * Saoch:
 * of Kanchanaburi: ʔuːɲ ("father") (?)
 * (Sidwell, 2007)
 * Saoch:
 * of Kanchanaburi: ʔuːɲ ("father") (?)
 * (Sidwell, 2007)