Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ʔantɔw

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 *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Noun

*ʔantɔw

ghost (spirit of the dead)

Descendants

Acehnese: euntèë
Coastal Chamic:
- Cham:
  - Eastern Cham: atŏw
Highlands Chamic:
- Jarai: atâo
- Chru–Northern:
  - Chru: atơu
  - Northern Chamic:
    - Tsat: ʔa²¹ taw³³

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 108