Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/mamaq
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit*mamaq
- to chew without intending to swallow, as betel nut
- to premasticate food to give to an infant
Descendants
edit- Philippine
- Barito
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Old Javanese: mamah
- South Sulawesi
- Makasar: mama
- Celebic
- Chamorro: måmå'
- Palauan: mamach
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
References
edit- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *mamaq.