Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tiyaːn

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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 *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

*tiyaːn

belly

Descendants

Coastal Chamic:
- Haroi: tean
- Cham:
  - Eastern Cham: tyan, tian
  - Western Cham: tean
Highlands Chamic:
- Chru–Northern Chamic:
  - Chru: tian
  - Northern Chamic:
    - Northern Roglai: matiat
    - Tsat: tenʔ³³
- Rade–Jarai:
  - Jarai: kiăn
  - Rade: tian

Further reading

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 306

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