Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hidup

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-Chamic *hudip through metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip (“life, alive”).

Noun

*hidup

1. life

Verb

*hidup

1. to be alive

Descendants

• Iban: idup
• Malay: hidup
  • > Indonesian: hidup (inherited)
• Urak Lawoi': ฮีโดะ (hidoq)

External links

• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database - to live, be alive