Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bataŋ

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*bataŋ

tree trunk, fallen tree, log
stem of a plant
corpse
log bridge

Classifier

*bataŋ

numeral classifier for cylindrical objects

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-Philippine:
- Northern Luzon
  - Kankanaey: bátang (“pine tree, tree”)
  - Batad Ifugao: bātang (“sulphur mushroom”)
- Central Luzon
  - Abenlen Ayta: batang (“seasoned log, fallen tree in the stream”)
- Central Philippine
  - Cebuano: batang (“a log; the trunk of a dead tree; to lie prostrate”)
  - Mansaka: batang (“branch (of a tree)”)
- Danao
  - Maranao: batang (“to perch; letter”)
Sama–Bajaw
- Yakan: batang (“tree trunk, stalk; letter”)
Proto-Batak:
- Toba Batak: batang
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ᬯᬢᬂ (watang)
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic:
    - Malay: batang
      - Indonesian: batang (“log, rod, branch”)
    - Minangkabau: batang
- Old Sundanese
  - Sundanese: ᮘᮒᮀ (batang)
Old Javanese: baṭaṅ (“corpse”)
- Javanese: ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”)
  - → Indonesian: batang (“corpse”) (semantic loan)
Old Javanese: wataṅ (“trunk”)
- Javanese: ꦮꦠꦁ (watang, “trunk”)

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bataŋ