Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/skaːcʔ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *skaːcʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA238)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ksac ~ *ksaac (Shorto, 2006, #874)

This root shows the tendency of having infixed or metathetic forms in descendant branches.

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Noun

 * 1) sand

Descendants

 * Khmeric: *ksac (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
 * (Sidwell, 2013)
 * Phong: kaːc
 * Mangic:
 * Mang: mat⁷?
 * (Sidwell, 2015)
 * Riang: mac¹
 * Lamet: maːc
 * Lawa: hmac
 * (Ferlus, 2007)
 * (Ferlus, 2007)