Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/paday

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

Noun

*paday

1. unhusked rice; paddy

Descendants

• Acehnese: padé
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: pəthɨai
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨚꨕꨰ (padai)
    • Western Cham: فاداي (padai)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: pơdai
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: padai
      • Tsat: thaːiʔ⁴²
  • Jarai–Rhade
    • Jarai: pơdai
    • Rade: mdiê
    • Bih: pade

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 299