Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/buya

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*buya

  1. crocodile

Descendants

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  • Acehnese: buya
  • Coastal Chamic:
  • Highlands Chamic:
    • Chru–Northern Chamic:
      • Chru: bia
      • Northern Chamic:
        • Northern Roglai: bia
    • Bih: puya
    • Jarai: bia
    • Rade: mơya

Further reading

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  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 286