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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanah

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 *tanəq (“earth, soil; land”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tanah/

Noun

*tanah[1][2]

  1. earth; soil

Descendants
  • Ibanic:
    • Iban: tanah
    • Mualang: tanah
    • Seberuang: tanah
  • Malayan:
  • Urak Lawoi': ตานัฮ (tanah)

References
  1. Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 135.
  2. Alexander D. Smith, 2017, The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, p.613, dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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