< Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic
Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/rusuk
Proto-Chamic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“ribcage”).
Noun
*rusuk
- (anatomy) ribcage
Descendants
- Acehnese: rusok
- 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
- 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