Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hiu(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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.

Noun

*hiu(ʔ)

1. shark

Descendants

• Banjarese: hiu
• Ibanic
  • Iban: iyu'
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: hiu, yu
    • Indonesian: hiu
  • Brunei Malay: yu
  • Kedah Malay: yu
  • Central Malay: iu
  • Minangkabau: iu
  • Negeri Sembilan Malay: yu
  • Pattani Malay: ยู (yu)
• Urak Lawoi': ฮยู (hyu)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qiSu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI