Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/hulat

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 *quləj (“maggot, caterpillar, larva of a metamorphosing insect”), from Proto-Austronesian *quləj (“type of small worm”).

Noun

*hulat

  1. worm

Descendants

  • Acehnese: ulat
  • Coastal Chamic
  • Highlands Chamic
    • Chru–Northern Chamic
      • Chru: həlaʔ
      • Northern Roglai: hulaʔ
    • Jarai–Rhade

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 291
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