Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hulu(ʔ)

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 *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hulu(ʔ)/

Noun

*hulu(ʔ)

1. head (part of the body)
2. upper part
3. upriver
4. handle

Descendants

• Banjarese: hulu
• Ibanic
  • Iban: ulu
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: hulu, ulu (dated)
    • Indonesian: hulu
    • → Chinese: 烏魯／乌鲁 (Wūlǔ)
    • → English: ulu
  • Central Malay: ulu
  • Minangkabau: ulu
  • Pattani Malay: اولو / อูลู (ulu)
• Urak Lawoi': ฮูลู (hulu)

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) “*quluh”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI