Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ʀaməs

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaməs.

Verb edit

*ʀaməs

squeeze, knead, to mix with the hands

Descendants edit

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: gámas
- Sangiric
  - Sangir: mə-hámisəʔ
  - Talaud: žamissa
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: rames
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Malay: ramas
    - Indonesian: remas
- Sundanese: rameus, rames
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Sasak: ames
Old Javanese: ramĕs
- Javanese: ꦫꦩꦼꦱ꧀ (rames)
  - → Indonesian: rames
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Buru (Indonesia): hameh
  - Kei–Tanimbar
    - Fordata: n-ramas
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    - Buli (Indonesia): amas
    - Biak: rames

References edit

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Rames.