Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/jarum

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 *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum.

Noun

*jarum

1. needle

Descendants

• Acehnese: jarom
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: cơrŭm
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨎꨣꨭꩌ (jarum)
    • Western Cham: جغوم (jrum)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: jrum
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: jurup
      • Tsat: sun¹¹
  • Jarai–Rade
    • Bih: irŭm
    • Jarai: jrum, jơrum
    • Rade: êrŭm
• → Bahnar: jrŭm
• → Halang: jơrŭm
• → Koho: jurum
• → Western Katu: jarum

References

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