< Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic
Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/təliŋa
Proto-Chamic
Etymology
From from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun
*təliŋa
- (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
Descendants
- Acehnese: linyung, gelunyueng
- Coastal Chamic:
- Eastern Cham: tangi
- Western Cham: tanhư
- Highlands Chamic:
- Jarai: tơ̆ngia
- Rade: knga
- Northern Chamic:
- Tsat: ŋa³³, na¹¹ ŋa³³
References
- Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 307.