Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tiyaːn

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*tiyaːn

  1. belly

Descendants

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  • Coastal Chamic:
    • Haroi: tean
    • Cham:
  • Highlands Chamic:

Further reading

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  • 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