< Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic
Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tiyaːn
Proto-Chamic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.
Noun
*tiyaːn
- belly
Descendants
- Coastal Chamic:
- Haroi: tean
- Cham:
- Eastern Cham: tyan, tian
- Western Cham: tean
- Highlands Chamic:
- Chru–Northern Chamic:
- Chru: tian
- Northern Chamic:
- Northern Roglai: matiat
- Tsat: tenʔ³³
- Rade–Jarai:
- Jarai: kiăn
- Rade: tian
- 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 306.