Reconstruction:Proto-North Halmahera/kahi

This Proto-North Halmahera 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-North Halmahera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.hi]

Noun

*kahi

1. skin
2. bark (of a tree)

Descendants

• Core-Halmaheran
  • Ternate-Tidore
    • Ternate: ahi, أهي
    • Tidore: ahi
  • Northeast Halmaheran
    • Galela: kahi
    • Modole: 'ahi
  • Sahuic
    • Sahu: kai
• West Makian: fi

References

• Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎^[1]