Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/layar

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-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajar/

Noun

*layar

1. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Descendants

• Iban: layar
• Malay: layar
  • Indonesian: layar
• Urak Lawoi': ลายัยํ (layal)

References

• Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology