Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/limpaːn

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu-hipan, from Proto-Austronesian *qalu-Sipan (“centipede”).

Noun

*limpaːn

1. centipede

Descendants

• Acehnese: limpeuen
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: lơpan
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨤꨚꩆ (lapan), ꨤꨪꨚꩆ (lipan)
    • Western Cham: لاڤن (lapan)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: ləpaːn
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: lupaːt
      • Tsat: a¹¹ pan¹¹
  • Jarai–Rade
    • Jarai: rơpan
    • Rade: êpan

References

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