Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pasir

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 *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

Noun

*pasir

sand

Descendants

Kendayan: pasir
Ibanic
- Iban: pasiɛ̯r
- Keninjal: pasɛɣ
- Mualang: pasɛɣ
- Remun: pasej
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: pasir
  - > Indonesian: pasir (inherited)
  - → Chewong: pasir
  - → Malagasy: fasika
  - → Pangutaran Sama: pasil
- Kedah Malay: pasiaq
- Minangkabau: pasia
- Pattani Malay: ปาเซ (pase)

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