Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/muhanay
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀuqanay (“male”), from *ma- + Proto-Austronesian *ʀuqaNay (“male”)
Noun
[edit]*muhanay
Descendants
[edit]- Haji: mehanay
- Central Malay: (Lematang Ulu, Lintang) miani, (Besemah, Semende, Serawai) muanai, (Serawai) moanai
References
[edit]- Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
- Anderbeck, Karl (2007) “Haji: One language from twelve”, in Chong Shin, Karim Harun and Yabit Alas, editors, Reflections in Southeast Asian seas: Essays in honour of Professor James T. Collins (in Central Malay), volume II, Pontianak: STAIN Pontianak Press, pages 51–91