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Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/rusuk

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 *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“ribcage”).

Noun

*rusuk

  1. (anatomy) ribcage

Descendants
  • Acehnese: rusôk
  • Coastal Chamic:
    • Haroi: lơso
    • Cham:
      • Eastern Cham: ꨣꨔꨭꩀ (rathuk)
      • Western Cham: lasŭk
  • Highlands Chamic:
    • Chru-Northern Chamic:
      • Chru: rơsu
      • Northern Chamic:
        • Northern Roglai: risũk
    • Jarai: rơsŭ

Further reading
  • 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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