Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ɓuk

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 *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɓuk/

Noun

*ɓuk

hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Related terms

*bulɔw

Descendants

Acehnese: ôk
Coastal Chamic
- Haroi: ɓuʔ
- Cham
  - Eastern Cham: ꨡꨭꩀ (mbuk)
  - Western Cham: ɓuk
Highlands Chamic
- Chru-Northern Chamic
  - Chru: ɓuːʔ
  - Northern Chamic
    - Northern Roglai: ɓuːʔ
    - Tsat: ʔbuʔ²⁴
- Jarai: ƀŭk
- Rade: ƀŭk

References

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

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