Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ɟʔuuɲ

Etymology

 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɟʔuuɲ ~ *ɟhuuɲ (Shorto, 2006, #887)

Notwithstanding Shorto (2006)'s reconstruction, this root probably had a zero-initial, as preserved in Aslian. Katuic and Vietic have a secondary, while Palaungic has an obscure. For the relationship between smelling and kissing, see Schapper (2019), and also cf. the compound in Vietnamese.

Verb

 * 1) to sniff, to smell

Descendants

 * Aslian: *ʔɔ̃ɔ̃ɲ ("to smell") (Phillips, 2012)
 * Jahaic:
 * Kensiu: ʔɔɲ
 * Jahai: ʔɔɲ
 * Senoic:
 * Semnam: ʔɔ̃ːɲ
 * Katuic: *huuɲ, *huoɲ (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Katu:
 * Quảng Nam:
 * Ta'Oic:
 * Ngeq: huɲ
 * Palaungic:
 * Riang:
 * Sak: kuɲ² ("to smell")
 * Vietic: (Ferlus, 2007)
 * Vietic: (Ferlus, 2007)