Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/batu

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 *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

*batu

stone

Descendants

Banjarese: batu
Kendayan: batu
Ibanic
- Iban: batʊu̯
- Keninjal: batu
- Mualang: batu
- Remun: batu
- Seberuang: batow
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: batu
  - Indonesian: batu
  - Cocos Islands Malay: batu
  - → Hokkien: 礣砥 (bá-tû)
- Brunei Malay: batu
- Kedah Malay: batu
- Central Malay: batu
- Minangkabau: batu
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: batu
- Pattani Malay: บาตู (batu)
Urak Lawoi': บาตู (batu)

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
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa