Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ʔantɔw
Proto-Chamic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Noun edit
*ʔantɔw
- ghost (spirit of the dead)
Descendants edit
- Acehnese: euntèë
- Coastal Chamic:
- Cham:
- Eastern Cham: atŏw
- Cham:
- Highlands Chamic:
- Jarai: atâo
- Chru–Northern:
- Chru: atơu
- Northern Chamic:
- Tsat: ʔa²¹ taw³³
References edit
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