Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/laut

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 *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud (“downstream; toward the sea”).

Adjective

*laut

1. seaward; towards the sea

Descendants

• Banjarese: laut
• Kendayan: laut
• Ibanic
  • Iban: laut
  • Keninjal: laut
  • Mualang: lawət
  • Seberuang: lawət
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: laut
    • Indonesian: laut
  • Central Malay: laut
  • Minangkabau: lauik
  • Pattani Malay: ลา-โอะ (laoʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': ลาโวยจ (lawoc)

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