Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kuku

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 *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuku/

Noun

*kuku

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

• Iban: kukut
• Kendayan: kuku
• Malayan:
  • Brunei Malay: kuku
  • Malay: kuku
    • Indonesian: kuku
  • Minangkabau: kuku
• Urak Lawoi': กูกู (kuku)

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 74
• 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) “*kuSkuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*kuSkuS”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary