Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ʀaməs

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaməs.

Verb

*ʀaməs

1. squeeze, knead, to mix with the hands

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: gámas
  • Sangiric
    • Sangir: mə-hámisəʔ
    • Talaud: žamissa
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Batak
    • Karo Batak: rames
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Malay: ramas
      • Indonesian: remas
  • Sundanese: rameus, rames
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Sasak: ames
• Old Javanese: ramĕs
  • Javanese: ꦫꦩꦼꦱ꧀ (rames)
    • → Indonesian: rames
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Buru (Indonesia): hameh
    • Kei–Tanimbar
      • Fordata: n-ramas
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Halmahera–Cenderawasih
      • Buli (Indonesia): amas
      • Biak: rames

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Rames.