Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/nasi(ʔ)

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 earlier *in-asi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi (“fermented rice”).

Noun

*nasi(ʔ)

1. cooked rice

Descendants

• Banjarese: nasi
• Kendayan: nasiʔ
• Ibanic
  • Iban: asɛʔ (loss of *n- unexplained)
  • Keninjal: nasiʔ
  • Seberuang: nasɛʔ
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: nasi
    • Indonesian: nasi
      • → Dutch: nasi
    • → English: nasi
  • Brunei Malay: nasi
  • Central Malay: nasi
  • Minangkabau: nasi
  • Pattani Malay: นาซิ (nasiʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': นาซี (nasi)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa