Proto-Austric: *lV
Meaning: bamboo, shoot
Austroasiatic meaning: bamboo
Miao-Yao parallels: MY *hlau.B > Yao lhau.1
Proto-Austronesian: *seli; PChamic *ʔalɛ "medium bamboo" (TH-309; Mal buluh, Ache bulAh
Austronesian meaning: young shoot
Proto-Thai: lao.A Clf. for bamboo
References: Peiros 1998, 158.
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