Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/nasi(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 earlier *in-asi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi (“fermented rice”).

Noun

*nasi(ʔ)

1. cooked rice

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: asɛʔ (loss of *n- unexplained)
  • Keninjal: nasiʔ
  • Seberuang: nasɛʔ
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Banjarese: nasi
  • Malay: nasi
    • > Indonesian: nasi (inherited)
      • → Dutch: nasi
    • → English: nasi
  • Brunei Malay: nasi
  • Central Malay: nasi
  • Minangkabau: nasi
  • Pattani Malay: นาซิ (nasiʔ)
  • Urak Lawoi': นาซี (nasi)
• Western Malayic Dayak
  • Kendayan: nasiʔ

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 72
• 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) “*asi₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*asi₃”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary