Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pahət

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 *paqət.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pahət/

Noun

*pahət

1. chisel

Descendants

• Banjarese: pahat
• West Bornean Malayic
  • Ibanic
    • Iban: pat
  • Western Malayic Dayak
    • Kendayan: pahat
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: pahat
    • Indonesian: pahat
    • → Dairi Batak: pahat
    • → Lun Bawang: faat
    • → Tombulu: paat
  • Central Malay: paat
  • Minangkabau: paek
  • Pattani Malay: ปาฮะ (pahaʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': ปาฮัจ (pahac)

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 42
• 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) “*paqet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*paqət”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary