Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kutu

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 *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

*kutu

1. louse (insect)

Descendants

• Banjarese: kutu
• Kendayan: gutu, kutu
• Ibanic
  • Iban: kutʊu
  • Keninjal: gutu
  • Mualang: kutúː
  • Remun: kutu
  • Seberuang: kutow
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: kutu
    • → English: cootie
    • Indonesian: kutu
  • Brunei Malay: kutu
  • Central Malay: kutu
  • Kerinci: kutow, kutaw
  • Minangkabau: kutu
  • Pattani Malay: กูตู
• Urak Lawoi': ฆูตู (gutu)

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) “*kuCu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa