Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/ʔantɔw

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-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Noun

*ʔantɔw

1. ghost (spirit of the dead)

Descendants

• Acehnese: euntèë
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: atŏw
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Jarai: atâo
  • Chru–Northern:
    • Chru: atơu
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Tsat: ʔa²¹ taw³³

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 108