Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/səŋkar

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Noun

*səŋkar

1. transverse beams that support the roof of a house
2. thwart or ribs of a boat

Descendants

• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Toba Batak: songkar
• Malayic
  • Iban: sengkar
  • Malay: sengkar
    • Indonesian: sengkar
• Oceanic
  • Central Pacific
    • Western Fijian: soka
    • Fijian: soka
    • Polynesian
      • Tongan: hoka
      • Samoan: so'a
      • Rarotongan: oka

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *seŋkar.