Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ikət

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 *hikət, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət (“tie, bind, attach to by tying”).

Verb

*ikət

1. to tie up; to fasten

Descendants

• Banjarese: ikat
• Kendayan: ikat
• Ibanic
  • Iban: ikat
  • Keninjal: ikat
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: ikat
    • Indonesian: ikat
    • → Tok Pisin: ika
  • Brunei Malay: ikat
  • Central Malay: ikat
  • Minangkabau: ikek
  • Pattani Malay: อีกะ (ikaʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': อีกัยจ (ikac)

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
• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa