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Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/buya

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-Sumbawan *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buya/

Noun

*buya

  1. crocodile

Descendants
  • Acehnese: buya
  • Coastal Chamic:
    • Haroi: pəyɨa
    • Cham:
      • Eastern Cham: ꨝꨪꨢꨩ (biya)
      • Western Cham: ꨝꨢꨩ (baya)
  • Highlands Chamic:
    • Chru–Northern Chamic:
      • Chru: bia
      • Northern Chamic:
        • Northern Roglai: bia
    • Jarai: bia
    • Rade: mơya

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 286
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