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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/-i

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 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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i.[1]

    Suffix

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    *-i

    1. Verbal transitive marker.

    Descendants

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    • Banjarese: -i
    • Betawi: -in[2]
    • Malay: -i
      • Indonesian: -i
    • Iban: -ik
    • Central Malay: -i

    References

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    1. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology, Pacific Linguistics, →DOI, page 149
    2. ^ Nothofer, Bernd (1995) “The history of Jakarta Malay”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 34, number 1, →DOI, page 91
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