Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/brəy

This Proto-Chamic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chamic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brəj/

Verb

*brəy

to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Descendants

Acehnese: bré
Coastal Chamic:
- Cham:
  - Eastern Cham: ꨝꨴꨪ (brei)
  - Western Cham: brei
- Haroi: pri
Highlands Chamic:
- Chru-Northern Chamic:
  - Chru: brəi
  - Northern Chamic:
    - Northern Roglai: brəi
- Jarai: brơi
- Rade: brei

References

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *beRay
Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 285

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