Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/basah

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 *basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *basəq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /basah/

Adjective

*basah

wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Descendants

Banjarese: basah
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: basah
  - Keninjal: basa'
  - Mualang: basah
  - Seberuang: basah
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: basa'
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: basah
  - Indonesian: basah
- Brunei Malay: basah
- Kedah Malay: basɒh
- Central Malay: basa, basah
- Minangkabau: basah
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: basah
- Pattani Malay: บาเซาะฮ (basɔh)
Urak Lawoi': บาซะฮ (basah)

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) “*baseq”, 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