Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/palaːt

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 *palaj.

Noun

*palaːt

1. palm of hand
2. sole of foot

Descendants

• Acehnese: paleuet
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: pəlaʔ
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨚꨤꩅ (palat), ꨚꨤꩅ (palak)
    • Western Cham: ڤالک (palak)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: plaːʔ
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: palaːʔ
      • Tsat: pieʔ²⁴
  • Jarai–Rade
    • Bih: pală
    • Jarai: plă
    • Rade: plă

References

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