Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/utak

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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutak, *qutək.

Alternative forms

• *utək
• *utāk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utak/

Noun

*utak

1. brain (organ)

Descendants

• Malay: utak (obsolete), Malay: otak
  • → English: otak-otak (via the plural otak-otak)
  • Indonesian: otak
  • → Javanese: utak (via the obsolete utak)