Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanək

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 *tanək, from Proto-Austronesian *taNək (“to cook anything but rice”).

Verb

*tanək

1. to cook rice

Descendants

• Banjarese: tanak
• Ibanic
  • Iban: tanak (“to fry in oil”)
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: tanak
    • Indonesian: tanak
  • Minangkabau: tanak
  • Pattani Malay: ตาเนาะ (tanɔʔ)

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