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Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/dalam

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*dalam

  1. inside (interior or inner part)

Adjective

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*dalam

  1. inside (within)
  2. deep

Descendants

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  • Acehnese: dalam, lam
  • Coastal Chamic:
  • Highlands Chamic:

Further reading

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  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287