Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/lima

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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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

*lima

five

Descendants

Acehnese: limöng
Coastal Chamic
- Cham
  - Eastern Cham: ꨤꨟꨩ (lamâ), ꨤꨪꨟꨩ (limâ)
- Haroi: lamừa
Highlands Chamic
- Chru–Northern Chamic
  - Northern Chamic
    - Tsat: ma³³
- Jarai–Rhade
  - Jarai: rơma
  - Rade: êma

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 38

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