< Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic
Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/buya
Proto-Chamic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buya/
Noun
*buya
- 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
- Chru–Northern Chamic:
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