Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ari

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 *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi (“day; sun”).

According to Adelaar (1992), the intrusive h- was added to prevent vowel clusters in words such as *mata ari > matahari (“sun”).

Noun

*ari

day

Descendants

Banjarese: hari
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: hari, ari
  - Keninjal: aɣi
  - Mualang: aɣi
  - Seberuang: aɣey
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: ari
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: hari
  - Indonesian: hari
  - → Javanese: ꦲꦫꦶ (ari)
- Brunei Malay: hari
- Central Malay: aghi
- Minangkabau: ari
- Pattani Malay: ฮารฺี (haṛi)
Urak Lawoi': อารี (ari)

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
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*waRi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa