< Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic
Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/əmraːk
Proto-Chamic
Etymology
From an Austroasiatic language, possibly from Proto-Bahnaric *braːk (“peacock”), whence Bahnar ămră and Chrau vraq, and, more distantly, Mon မြာ် (pəràik). Ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”).
Possibly an area word of Southeast Asia. Compare for instance Proto-Dravidian *mayil- (“peacock”).
Noun
*əmraːk
- peacock
Descendants
- Acehnese: meurak
- Coastal Chamic
- Cham
- Western Chamic: amrak, mrak
- Cham
- Highlands Chamic
- Jarai: amrăk
- Rade: ămrăk
References
- Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 350.