Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kulit

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulit/

Noun

*kulit

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Tiruray: kulit
• Land Dayak:
  • Bau Bidayuh: kurit
• Proto-North Sarawak: *kulit
  • Bakung: kulit
  • Central Melanau: kulit
  • Sebop: kulit
• Barito:
  • West Coast Bajau: kulit
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *kulit
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *kulit
    • Proto-Malayic: *kulit
      • Brunei Malay: kulit
      • Iban: kulit
      • Malay: kulit, kulik (Sambas), kulet (Pontianak)
        • Indonesian: kulit
    • Acehnese: kulét
  • Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪ (kulit)
• Old Javanese: kulit
  • Javanese: ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀ (kulit)
• Celebic:
  • Lindu: kuli
  • Wolio: kuli
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Sumba-Flores:
    • Laboya: kalita
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic:
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
        • Fijian: kuli
      • Proto-Polynesian: *kili
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Hawaiian: ʻili
            • Maori: kiri
            • Rapa Nui: kiri
            • Tahitian: ʻiri