Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanah

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This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq (“earth, soil; land”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*tanah[1][2]

  1. earth; soil

Descendants[edit]

  • Ibanic:
    • Iban: tanah
    • Mualang: tanah
    • Seberuang: tanah
  • Malayan:
  • Urak Lawoi': ตานัฮ (tanah)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 135.
  2. ^ Alexander D. Smith, 2017, The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, p.613, dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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