Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ikan

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 *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

*ikan

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

• Kendayan: ikan
• Ibanic
  • Iban: ikan
  • Mualang: ikan
  • Remun: ikan
  • Seberuang: ikán
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: ikan
    • Indonesian: ikan
    • North Moluccan Malay: ikang
  • Brunei Malay: ikan
  • Kedah Malay: ikan
  • Central Malay: ikan
  • Minangkabau: ikan
  • Negeri Sembilan Malay: ikan
  • Pattani Malay: อีแก (ikɛ)
• Urak Lawoi': อีกัด (ikat)

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) “*Sikan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa