Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ʔantɔw
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
Noun
*ʔantɔw
- ghost (spirit of the dead)
Descendants
- Acehnese: euntèë
- Coastal Chamic:
- Cham:
- Eastern Cham: atŏw
- Cham:
- Highlands Chamic:
- Jarai: atâo
- Chru–Northern:
- Chru: atơu
- Northern Chamic:
- Tsat: ʔa²¹ taw³³
References
Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 108