Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanah

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq (“earth, soil; land”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tanah/

Noun edit

*tanah^[1]^[2]

earth; soil

Descendants edit

Ibanic:
- Iban: tanah
- Mualang: tanah
- Seberuang: tanah
Malayan:
- Brunei Malay: tanah
- Malay: tanah
  - Indonesian: tanah
- Minangkabau: tanah
- Pattani Malay: تاناوْه (tanɔh)
Urak Lawoi': ตานัฮ (tanah)

References edit

^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 135.
^ Alexander D. Smith, 2017, The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, p.613, dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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