Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kulit

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 *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC (“rind, peeling of fruits or tubers”).

Noun

*kulit

1. skin
2. bark (of a tree)

Descendants

• Banjarese: kulit
• Kendayan: kuit
• Ibanic
  • Iban: kulɪə̯t
  • Keninjal: kulɪt
  • Mualang: kulɛə̯t
  • Seberuang: kulit
• Malayan
  • Malay: kulit, kulik (Sambas), kulet (Pontianak)
    • Indonesian: kulit
  • Central Malay: kulit
  • Minangkabau: kulik
  • Pattani Malay: กูเละ (kuleʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': กูเละ (kulëq)

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