Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qutak

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

Alternative forms

• *qutək
• *qutāk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔutak/, /qutak/

Noun

*qutak

1. brain (organ)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Aklanon: utak
  • Bikol Central: hutok
  • Cebuano: utok
  • Dupaningan Agta: utak
  • Ilocano: utek
  • Manobo:
    • Binukid: utek
  • Mansaka: otok
  • Kapampangan: utak
    • → Tagalog: utak
  • Maranao: otek
  • Waray-Waray: utok
• Land Dayak:
  • Bau Bidayuh: otok
• North Bornean:
  • Proto-North Sarawak:
    • Kiput: utek
• Sama-Bajaw:
  • West Coast Bajau: utok
• Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  • Proto-Malayic: *utak
    • Malay: utak (obsolete), Malay: otak
      • → English: otak-otak (via the plural otak-otak)
      • Indonesian: otak
      • → Javanese: utak (via the obsolete utak)