Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/jəhaːt

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 *zaqat.

Adjective

*jəhaːt

1. bad, wicked

Descendants

• Acehnese: jheut
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Haroi: săt
  • Eastern Cham: jhak
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru-Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: jəhaːʔ
    • Tsat: saːʔ²⁴
  • Bih: jhat
  • Jarai: sat
  • Rade: jhat

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 292