Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ɓuk

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 *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓuk/

Noun

*ɓuk

1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Related terms

• *bulɔw

Descendants

• Acehnese: ôk
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: ɓuʔ
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨡꨭꩀ (mbuk)
    • Western Cham: ɓuk
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru-Northern Chamic
    • Chru: ɓuːʔ
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: ɓuːʔ
      • Tsat: ʔbuʔ²⁴
  • Bih: ƀŭk
  • Jarai: ƀŭk
  • Rade: ƀŭk

References

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press