Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/hujaːn

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 *hujan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huɟaːn/

Noun

*hujaːn

1. rain

Descendants

• Acehnese: ujeuen
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: ꨨꨎꩆ (hajan)
    • Western Cham: jan
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru-Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: xəja:n
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: hujaːt
      • Tsat: saːn¹¹
  • Bih: ujan
  • Jarai: hơjan
  • Rade: hjan

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008) The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics, Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 220