Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/tujuh

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

Proto-Chamic cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : *tujuh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq (“to indicate, point”), from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq (“to point at, point out; give directions”). Compare Malay tujuh.

Numeral

*tujuh

  1. seven

Descendants

  • Acehnese: tujôh
  • Coastal Chamic
  • Highlands Chamic
    • Chru–Northern Chamic
      • Northern Chamic
    • 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 38
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