Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pərut

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

From East Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuc ~ *ruəc (“intestine”), whence Proto-Bahnaric *prɔːc. Displaced native Austronesian *tian, which its reflexes mean uterus.

Noun

*pərut

1. belly; stomach
2. intestine

Descendants

• Banjarese: parut
• Kendayan: parut
• Ibanic
  • Iban: pərʊə̯t
  • Keninjal: poɣot
  • Mualang: pəɣot
  • Remun: pəɣʊə̯t
  • Seberuang: peɣut
• Malayan
  • Malay: perut
  • Brunei Malay: parut
  • Minangkabau: paruik
  • Negeri Sembilan Malay: poghut
  • Central Malay: pəxut
  • Pattani Malay: ปือโรฺะ (pəɣoʔ)
• Urak Lawoi': โปรยจ (proc)

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