Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/əpat

This Proto-Central-Eastern 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-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Səpat

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həpat

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from earlier *həpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

*əpat

four

Descendants

Sumba-Flores
- Bima: upa
- Ende-Manggarai
  - Central Flores
    - Ende-Li'o
      - Palu'e: pa
    - Rembong: pat
  - Manggarainese
    - Komodo: paʔ
    - Manggarai: pat
- Flores-Lembata
  - Kedang-Lamaholot
    - Lamaholot: pat
- Sumba
  - Savu
    - Sabu: epa
  - Sumba Island
    - Sumbanese
      - Kambera: patu
Timor-Babar
- Nuclear Timor
  - West Timor
    - Roti
      - Bilba: ha
- Southwest Maluku – Kisar
  - Southwest Maluku
    - Leti: vò-ata, v-ata
- Southeast Maluku
  - Yamdena: fat
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *pat (see there for further descendants)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sepat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*Sepat”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary