Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/paku(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 *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku.

Noun

*paku(ʔ)

fern

Descendants

Banjarese: paku
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: paku'
  - Keninjal: paku'
  - Mualang: pako'
  - Seberuang: pako'
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: paku
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: paku
  - Indonesian: paku
  - → Chinese: 巴姑菜 (bāgūcài)
- Kedah Malay: paku
- Central Malay: paku
- Minangkabau: paku
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: paku
- Pattani Malay: ปากู (paku)

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) “*paheku”, 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