Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/buya

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-Sumbawan *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buya/

Noun

*buya

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Acehnese: buya
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Haroi: pəyɨa
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: ꨝꨪꨢꨩ (biya)
    • Western Cham: ꨝꨢꨩ (baya)
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru–Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: bia
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: bia
  • Jarai: bia
  • Rade: mơya

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 286