Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/phit

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 *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC (“spiciness, bitterness”).

Noun

*phit

1. (anatomy) bile

Adjective

*phit

1. bitter

Descendants

• Acehnese: phet
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: pheiʔ
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨜꨪꩀ (phik)
    • Western Cham: فحيک (phik)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: phiːʔ
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: phiːʔ
      • Tsat: phiʔ²⁴
  • Jarai–Rade
    • Jarai: phĭ
    • Rade: phĭ
    • Bih: phĭt

References

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