Austroasiatic loanwords
Map
Red: Northern Austroasiatic linkage and its extant branches
Blue: Sino-Tibetan branches that have borrowed significantly from Austroasiatic
Purple: Homeland of Proto-Austroasiatic in the upper Pearl River drainage basin during the Late Neolithic, prior to its westward and southward expansion into Indochina ca. 4,000 B.P.
List of Austroasiatic loanwords in Sino-Tibetan branches
Other basic words
leg/foot
Mru yəŋ¹
Lepcha dyáŋ
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*Austroasiatic *ɟəːŋ SidwellRau2015
needle
#5371 PTB *p(r/y)im NEEDLE
*Kuki-Chin *phrim VanBik 09 PKC:1339
*Tangkhulic *prim Mortensen 12 Tk:449
other Naga branches, Meithei, Sal
Karbi ing prim
Bodo bi zi
Koch bi ji
ear
#2087 NEIA *twar EAR (in compounds)
na thúr ten ná earlobe Moyon
no ang thor earhole Mikir [Karbi]
kamá se tor bulge just opposite to the ear lobe Bodo
moon
#5404 PTB *krəy MOON / MOONLIGHT
PLB krəy¹ moon / moonlight
Lahu, Lalo
Naga: Angami-Pochuri *khrɯ, Zeme, Karbi
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*Austroasiatic *khaj SidwellRau2015
cheek
*Northern Naga *buam French 83:467
*Khmuic *pɔːm Sid2013:R:391
*Vietic *bɔːm Fer2007:R:750
Kaman [Miju]: wɑ̆l³⁵ 'hail'
Anu-Hkongso: two, spicy, pangolin, chicken
Kuki-Chin: sky
Lepcha: man
List of Austroasiatic loanwords by branch
Lolo-Burmese: animals, cultural words
buffalo
duck
spider
squirrel
tiger
bean
gourd
boat
axe
ladle
pot, jar
market
river (valley)
moon (moonlight)
Karenic: mostly animals
buffalo
tiger
bamboo rat
bat
excrement
horse
lungs
monitor lizard
pangolin
peacock
rattan
Lepcha: animals, cultural words, basic words
granary
net, fishing
knife
needle
excrement
dog
foot
jaw
monkey
mouth
water
year
Kuki-Chin: animals, cultural words, a few basic words
buffalo
bat
chicken
hornbill
bean
boat
buy
hail
excrement
needle
Konyak: animals, cultural words, a few basic words
buffalo
crab
hawk, eagle
bat
tiger
bean
boat
hail
navel
cheek
Tani: animals, cultural words
duck
pig
porcupine
bean
cucumber
mortar
net, fishing
excrement
Tangkhulic: animals, cultural words
boat
needle
river (valley)
bat
chicken
cattle [2 words]
Bodo-Garo: animals, cultural words
boat
bat
hawk, eagle
granary
needle
I (1st person singular)
Mruic: basic words
grass
leech, land
foot
person
I (1st person singular)
Ao: diffusion from Southern Kuki-Chin-Naga
boat
river (valley)