Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/kukɔw

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 *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

*kukɔw

nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

Acehnese: gukèë, gukee
Coastal Chamic:
- Cham:
  - Eastern Cham: kakŏw
  - Western Cham: kakau
- Haroi: kờkău
Highlands Chamic:
- Jarai: tơkâo
- Rade: kkâo
- Northern Chamic:
  - Tsat: kaw²¹

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 77

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