Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kaki

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-Chamic *kakay. Compare Proto-Chamic *kakay (“foot”).

According to Thurgood (1999), perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay with unexpected *q > *k sound change. The expected reflex of PMP *q is *h, not *k.

Noun

*kaki

1. leg; foot

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: kakɪi̯
  • Keninjal: kaki
  • Mualang: kaki
  • Seberuang: kakey
• Malayan
  • Malay: kaki
    • Indonesian: kaki
    • → Acehnese: gaki
    • → Banjarese: kaki
    • → Min Nan: 腳距／脚距 (kioh-kī)
  • Minangkabau: kaki
  • Pattani Malay: กากี (kaki)
• Urak Lawoi': กากี (kaki)

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
• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press