Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/jarum

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum.

Noun

*jarum

1. needle

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: jarum
  • Mualang: jarum
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: jarum
    • Baba Malay: jarom
    • Indonesian: jarum
    • Kupang Malay: jarom
    • Manado Malay: jarom
    • → Bonggi: jarum
    • → Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: jaarum
    • → Jehai: jarum
    • → Pamona: jaru
    • → Rungus: jarum
    • → Semai: jarup
    • → Temiar: jarup
    • → Timugon Murut: jarum
    • →⇒? Tagalog: paraluman (“compass”)
  • Minangkabau: jarum, jarun
• Urak Lawoi': ยฺารบ (jarop)
• → Car Nicobarese: carum

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, page 134
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Further reading

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