Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/halir

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 *qaliʀ, from the root *-liʀ (“flow”).

Verb

*halir

1. to flow (to move as a fluid)

Descendants

• Malay: alir
  • Indonesian: alir

References

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