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Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ɓuk

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*ɓuk

  1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
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Descendants

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  • Acehnese: ôk
  • Coastal Chamic
    • Haroi: ɓuʔ
    • Cham
      • Eastern Cham: ꨡꨭꩀ (mbuk)
      • Western Cham: ɓuk
  • Highlands Chamic
    • Chru-Northern Chamic
      • Chru: ɓuːʔ
      • Northern Chamic
        • Northern Roglai: ɓuːʔ
        • Tsat: ʔbuʔ²⁴
    • Bih: ƀŭk
    • Jarai: ƀŭk
    • Rade: ƀŭk

References

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  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press