Reconstruction:Proto-Batak/mədəm
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Proto-Batak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Active form of the root *pədəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəzəm (“to close one's eyes”) (compare Malay pejam).
Verb
[edit]*mədəm
- to sleep
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- K. A. Adelaar. 1981. "Reconstruction of Proto-Batak Phonology". In Robert A. Blust (ed.), Historical Linguistics in Indonesia: Part I, 1-20. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.