Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/kuliC

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kulʲit͡s/

Noun

*kuliC

rind, peeling of fruits or tubers

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *kulit
- Philippinic
  - Tiruray: kulit
- Land Dayak:
  - Bau Bidayuh: kurit
- Proto-North Sarawak: *kulit
  - Bakung: kulit
  - Central Melanau: kulit
  - Sebop: kulit
- Barito:
  - West Coast Bajau: kulit
- Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic: *kulit (see there for further descendants)
  - Acehnese: kulét
- Sundanese: kulit
- Old Javanese: kulit
  - Javanese: ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀ (kulit)
- Celebic:
  - Lindu: kuli
  - Wolio: kuli
- Sumba-Flores:
  - Laboya: kalita
  - Oceanic:
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Fijian: kuli
    - Polynesian:
      - Hawaiian: ʻili
      - Maori: kiri
      - Rapa Nui: kiri
      - Tahitian: ʻiri

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuliC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI