Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/kukɔw

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun edit

*kukɔw

  1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants edit

  • Acehnese: gukèë, gukee
  • Coastal Chamic:
  • Highlands Chamic:

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 77