Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tiyaːn

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-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

*tiyaːn

1. belly

Descendants

• Coastal Chamic:
  • Haroi: tean
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: tyan, tian
    • Western Cham: tean
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru–Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: tian
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: matiat
      • Tsat: tenʔ³³
  • Rade–Jarai:
    • Jarai: kiăn
    • Rade: tian

Further reading

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 306