Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/salir

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-Polynesian *saliʀ (“(of water) to flow”), from the root *-liʀ (“flow”).

Verb

*salir

1. (intransitive) to flow (to move as a fluid)
2. ? (transitive) to dewater (to remove water from)

Descendants

• Malay: salir
  • Indonesian: salir

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saliR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI