Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pari(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

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pari(ʔ)/

Noun

*pari(ʔ)

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Descendants

• Iban: pari
• Malay: pari
  • Indonesian: pari
• Urak Lawoi': ปารี (pari)

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *paRiS
• Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, page 922