Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/jarami(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 *zaʀami, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀami.

Noun

*jarami(ʔ)

1. rice stalk, straw

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: jerami'
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: jerami
    • Indonesian: jêrami
  • Central Malay: jeghami
  • Minangkabau: jarami
  • Pattani Malay: ยฺือรฺามี (jəṛami)

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) “*zaRami”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI