Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/babi

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 *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /babi/

Noun

*babi

pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Descendants

Ibanic
- Iban: babi
- Mualang: babi
- Seberuang: babi
Malayan
- Brunei Malay: bayi
- Kedah Malay: babi
- Malay: babi, vavi (Malaysia, euphemistic)
  - > Baba Malay: babi (inherited)
  - > Indonesian: babi (inherited)
    - → Dutch: babi
  - → Palauan: babii
    - → Yapese: baabiy
- Pattani Malay: بابي (babi)
Urak Lawoi': บาบี (babi)