Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/təliŋa

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

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

*təliŋa

1. (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)

Descendants

• Acehnese: linyung, geulinyueng
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Eastern Cham: tangi
  • Western Cham: tanhư
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Jarai: tơ̆ngia
  • Rade: knga
  • Northern Chamic:
    • Tsat: ŋa³³, na¹¹ ŋa³³

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 307