Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tasiʔ

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 [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasiʔ/

Noun

*tasiʔ

1. sea (body of water)

Descendants

• Eastern Cham: ꨓꨧꨪꩀ, tasik
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Jarai: rơsĭ
  • Rade: ksĭ
  • Northern Chamic:
    • Tsat: siaʔ⁴³

Further reading

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 305