Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/təliŋa

This Proto-Chamic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chamic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

*təliŋa

(anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)

Descendants

Acehnese: linyung, geulinyueng
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

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