Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/huma(ʔ)

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 *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).

Noun

*huma(ʔ)

  1. farmland

Descendants

  • Banjarese: huma
  • West Bornean Malayic
    • Ibanic
    • Western Malayic Dayak
  • Nuclear Malayic

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
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