Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/puhun

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 *puqun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puhun/

Noun

*puhun

1. tree
2. origin; basis

Descendants

• Banjarese: puhun
• West Bornean Malayic
  • Ibanic
    • Iban: pun
    • Mualang: pun
    • Remun: pun
    • Seberuang: pon
  • Western Malayic Dayak
    • Kendayan: puhutn
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: pohon
    • > Indonesian: pohon (inherited)
  • Brunei Malay: puhun
  • Central Malay: puun
  • Minangkabau: puhun (“origin, reason; west”)
  • Pattani Malay: ปอฮง (pɔhoŋ)
• Urak Lawoi': ปูโฮด (puhot)

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) “*puqun”, 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