Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/thun

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 *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

*thun

1. year (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)

Descendants

• Acehnese: thon
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: ꨔꨭꩆ (thun)
    • Western Cham: thŭn
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru-Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: thun
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: thut
      • Tsat: tʰun³³
  • Jarai: thŭn
  • Rade: thŭn

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 64