Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bataŋ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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edit*bataŋ
Classifier
edit*bataŋ
- numeral classifier for cylindrical objects
Derived terms
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edit- Proto-Philippine:
- Sama–Bajaw
- Yakan: batang (“tree trunk, stalk; letter”)
- Proto-Batak:
- Toba Batak: batang
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Old Javanese: baṭaṅ (“corpse”)
- Old Javanese: wataṅ (“trunk”)