Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ada

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 *wada.

Verb

*ada

  1. to be (to exist)

Descendants

  • Ibanic:
    • Iban: adai (from *ada-i)
  • Nuclear Malayic:
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wada”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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