Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pilih

Proto-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pilih/

Verb

*pilih

1. to choose (to pick out)

Descendants

• Iban: pilih
• Malay: pilih, (pre-1972 standard) pileh
  • Indonesian: pilih
• Urak Lawoi': ปีเลฮ (pilëh)

Further reading

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