Where does “maʔ” come from?

maʔ (Proto-Mon-Khmer) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

maʔ (Proto-Mon-Khmer): insect; seed; mother

Definitions

  1. insect; seed; mother

Ancestry of “maʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “maʔ”

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