Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ml(əw)

Etymology

 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ml[əw] (Shorto, 2006, #1860)

🇨🇬, from Proto-Monic *[s]a-bluuʔ, is likely a compound of 🇨🇬 and this root.

Compare also 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (< 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) betel

Descendants

 * Senoic:
 * beleg ("betel nut")
 * Lanai-Serau: bɨlʉʉk
 * Renglas: bɨlook
 * (Sidwell, 2011)
 * Central Bahnaric: *b(ə)luː (Sidwell, 2011)
 * Alak: baluː
 * West Bahnaric: *pəluː, *bluː (Sidwell, 2003)
 * Sapuan: bruː
 * Laven:
 * Su': mluː
 * Jru': pəluo
 * Juk: luə
 * South Bahnaric:
 * Chrau: mluː
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Kui: bluu
 * Ngeq: palua
 * Khmeric:
 * Monic: *sa-bluuʔ (Diffloth, 1984)
 * Nyah Kur: tǝphùuʔ
 * Palaungic:
 * Riang: plu²
 * Waic:
 * Wa: bo
 * Lawa:
 * Ban Phae: phluʔ
 * Umphia: phloʔ
 * (Ferlus, 2007)
 * Waic:
 * Wa: bo
 * Lawa:
 * Ban Phae: phluʔ
 * Umphia: phloʔ
 * (Ferlus, 2007)