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

1. 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
  • Bih: brei
  • 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^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 285