Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/thun
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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-Chamic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.
Noun
*thun
- year (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)
Descendants
- Acehnese: thon
- Coastal Chamic:
- Highlands Chamic:
References
- Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 64