Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/əmpat

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

Proto-Malayic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *əmpat

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. The nasal insertion after the schwa and before the voiceless plosive was regular, compare *hənti (“to stop, end”) (from *qəti) and *kəntut (“to fart”) (from *qətut).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əmpat/

Numeral

*əmpat

1. four

Descendants

• Banjarese: ampat
• Brunei Malay: ampat
• Iban: empat
• Malay: empat
  • Indonesian: empat
• Minangkabau: ampek
• Urak Lawoi': ปัจ (pac)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sepat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI