Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ada

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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

*ada

1. to be (to exist)

Descendants

• Ibanic:
  • Iban: adai (from *ada-i)
• Nuclear Malayic:
  • Banjarese: ada, kada
  • Malay: ada, ade (schwa-variety, colloquial)
    • Indonesian: ada
  • Minangkabau: ado
  • Urak Lawoi': อาดา (ada)

External links

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