Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Chamic/air bah

This Proto-Malayo-Chamic 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-Malayo-Chamic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ bahaq. Equivalent to *air (“water”) +‎ *bah (“flood”).

Noun

*air bah

1. floodwater (water of flood)

Descendants

• Proto-Malayic: *air bah
  • Nuclear Malayic
    • Malay: air bah
      • Indonesian: air bah

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *air bah