Bahnar

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Etymology

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From Chamic; compare with Eastern Cham ꨤꨯꨟꨱꨥ (lamauw), ꨤꨪꨯꨟꨱꨥ (limauw), Malay lembu, Acehnese leumo and Western Cham lemou.[1] The common Bahnaric term for "cow, ox" was *-rok.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rơmo 

  1. cattle, cow

References

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  1. ^ Turgood, Graham (1999) Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 136, 340-1

Jarai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chamic *lamo (cognate with Malay lembu, Acehnese leumo and Western Cham lemou).[1]

Noun

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rơmo (classifier drơi)

  1. cow

References

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  1. ^ Turgood, Graham (1999) Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 136, 340-1