Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tambak

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

*tambak

1. dam, dyke, embankment

Verb

*tambak

1. to fill a hole with earth
2. to heap up

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: tambák
    • Cagayan Valley
      • Itawit: támbak
    • Meso-Cordilleran
      • Ibaloi: tambak
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: tambák
      • Bikol Central: tambák
      • Visayan
        • Cebuano: tambák
        • Aklanon: támbak
        • Masbatenyo: támbak
        • Romblomanon: tambak
        • Waray-Waray: tambák
        • Tausug: tambak
    • Manobo
      • Binukid: tambak
      • Western Bukidnon Manobo: tambak
    • Danao
      • Maranao: tambak
    • Gorontalo–Mongondow
      • Mongondow: tambak (“burial place”)
  • Kalamian
    • Agutaynen: tambak
• Greater Barito
  • Sama–Bajaw
    • Yakan: tambak
  • West Barito
    • Ngaju: tambak
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages
  • Batak
    • Karo Batak: tambak
    • Toba Batak: tambak
  • Simeulue: tamba'
  • Nias: tamba
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Chamic
    • Acehnese: seunambak
  • Malayic
    • Malay: tambak
      • Indonesian: tambak
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: tambak
    • Sasak: tambak
  • Sundanese: tambak
• Old Javanese: tambak
  • Javanese: ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak)
    • → English: tambak
    • → Indonesian: tambak (semantic loan)
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Sumba–Flores
      • Kambera: tambaku
      • Manggarai: tamba
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic: *tabak (“dam, dyke, embankment”)
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Gela: tatamba (“to bank up with logs or stones to keep earth from falling”)

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tambak₂.