Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/zaʀum

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 *zaʀum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ɟ͡ʝaʀum/

Noun edit

*zaʀum

  1. needle

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Philippine: *daʀum (see there for further descendants)
  • Greater Barito
  • North Bornean
    • Northeast Sabahan
    • Southwest Sabahan
      • Dusunic
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Rejang: dolom
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  • Old Javanese: dom
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
    • Saluan–Banggai
    • Tomini–Tolitoli
    • Kaili–Pamona
    • Muna–Buton
    • Bungku–Tolaki
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Palauan: rasm < *racum
  • Oceanic: *saʀum
    • Admiralty Islands
    • St. Matthias
    • Western Oceanic
      • North New Guinea
      • Meso-Melanesian
    • Central–Eastern Oceanic
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Bugotu–Gela
        • Longgu-Malaita-Makira
      • Central Pacific
        • East Fijian-Polynesian
          • Fijian: sau
          • Proto-Polynesian: *hau (see there for further descendants)

References edit