Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/asu(ʔ)

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 *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

Noun

*asu(ʔ)

1. dog (animal)

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: asu
• Malay: asu
• Urak Lawoi': อาซู (asu)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI