Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/taliŋa(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 *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taliŋa(ʔ)/

Noun

*taliŋa(ʔ)

(anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)

Descendants

Banjarese: talinga
Ibanic
- Keninjal: telinga
Malayan
- Malay: telinga
  - Indonesian: telinga
- Brunei Malay: telinga, talinga
- Central Malay: telingo
- Minangkabau: talingo
- Pattani Malay: ตือลีงอ (təliŋɔ)
Urak Lawoi': ตลีงา (tlinga)

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