Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/kukɔw

This Proto-Chamic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

*kukɔw

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

• Acehnese: gukèë, gukee
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: kakŏw
    • Western Cham: kakau
  • Haroi: kờkău
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Jarai: tơkâo
  • Rade: kkâo
  • Northern Chamic:
    • Tsat: kaw²¹

References

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 77.