Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/paday

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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 *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (rice plant).

Noun

*paday

  1. unhusked rice; paddy

Descendants

  • Acehnese: padé
  • Coastal Chamic
  • Highlands Chamic
    • Chru–Northern Chamic
      • Chru: pơdai
      • Northern Chamic
        • Northern Roglai: padai
        • Tsat: thaːiʔ⁴²
    • Jarai–Rhade

References

  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 299