Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/taŋga(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 *taŋga (“runged ladder”).

Noun

*taŋga(ʔ)

house ladder, staircase

Descendants

Banjarese: tangga
Kendayan: taŋɡaʔ
Ibanic
- Iban: taŋᶢaʔ
- Keninjal: taŋaʔ
- Mualang: taŋᶢaʔ
- Seberuang: taŋᶢaʔ
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: tangga
  - Indonesian: tangga
- Brunei Malay: tangga
- Central Malay: tanggo
- Minangkabau: tanggo
- Pattani Malay: ตาง̱อ (taŋᶢɔ)
Urak Lawoi': ตางา (tanga)

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