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Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tiyaːn

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 *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

*tiyaːn

  1. belly

Descendants
  • Coastal Chamic:
    • Haroi: tean
    • Cham:
  • Highlands Chamic:
    • Chru–Northern Chamic:
      • Chru: tian
      • Northern Chamic:
    • Rade–Jarai:
      • Jarai: kiăn
      • Rade: tian

Further reading
  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 306
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